I have been a smoker since I was 14. This was 20 years ago. I went from half a pack a day during the first 5 years or so, to a pack and a half this year. I smoked packs of 27 cigarettes, so I guess that would make it about 40 cigarettes a day. I have never been able to successfully stop smoking, I have tried nic patches, nic gum, pills, nic inhalers, basically everything available from pharmacies. Nothing worked for me until I discovered Green Smoke electronic cigarettes. They look like regular cigarettes, and they give out a reasonable amount of vapor. Since the day I got them delivered I hardly smoked anymore and when I did it tasted awful. In the week after I started with the Green Smoke e-cigarettes I smoked 4 regular cigarettes and then just quit. I upgraded to an eGo-C electronic cigarette and bought a Vamo and MVP shortly after. I feel great now, I have no urge to go back to regular cigarettes, I enjoy the taste of electronic cigarettes much more and I love being able to breath better again. Everything is starting to taste better, I can smell things better and my breath has gotten much better as well. The only negative side is when you use fiberglass wick (silica), you can sometimes feel yourself breathing in small glass needles. This is easily avoided though by using a cartomizer or a cotton wick.