I smoked tobacco for 39 years. Oh yes, I attempted to quit multiple times during those decades..cold turkey, hypnosis, the gum, the patch, Chantix..I tried it all. I never really had difficulty weaning myself from the nicotine. It was the smoking itself I craved. The fiddling, the hand to mouth, the social aspect. None of the aforementioned methods worked for me in the long run. I needed something else. I tried a cheap electronic cigarette almost two years ago and had my eureka moment.I haven’t smoked even one cigarette since September of 2011, thanks to vaping. I recently had a pulmonary function test, following up on the same test two years ago, and my results were significantly improved. Everything about my life is better since quitting tobacco…my health, my skin, my clean smelling clothes and car, my ability to exercise, etc. In the world of vaping, I have advanced significantly beyond the simple cigalike electronic cigarette. I have more mods, atomizers, drip tips, juices, etc. than I could list here, and spend time each and every day on various forums, coops, and other vaping related websites. I vape e juice with extremely low, or zero, nicotine content. Vaping is now a hobby for me and a significant part of my life. It has finally satisfied the aspect of smoking that all the other cessation methods seem to miss…the act of smoking itself. I know that I am not alone in this conclusion. I speak with vapers every day who have had the same experience. Let me also add this: Had I been restricted to that very first e cigarette (the one that looks like a real cigarette), I have serious doubts as to whether I would still be smoke free today. What I vape now on a daily basis is as different from that little e cigarette as a freshly grilled piece of grouper is from a fish sandwich at McDonald’s..(I live at the beach, sorry..lol). Sure, it’s still technically fish, but simply not enough. I have also personally tutored 6 or 7 people about vaping who are also completely smoke free. These are folks, like me, who tried other methods of quitting, but needed something more than s simple nicotine substitute. I always say, It’s not the nicotine, it’s the smoking…that about sums it up for me. Jeff Thomas North Topsail Beach, NC