I smoked for thirty years, trying multiple times to quit using nicotine gums, patches, lozenges and plain cold turkey. None of them worked for me. Going cold turkey resulted in terrible mood swings, depression and anxiety – not the result I was wanting. The gum and lozenges made me nauseous, and I had an allergic reaction to the patches from the adhesive that left my skin blistered around the edge of the patches. Even though the nicotine replacement methods got rid of the nicotine craving, I was still left feeling unfulfilled after so many years of performing the physical actions involved with smoking. One month ago (7/5/2013) I bought an e-cigarette starter kit at a local vapor shop (Joyetech eGo-C Upgrade) and was amazed at how similar the feel of vaping (the term for using an e-cig with e-liquid) was to actual smoking, in both actions and mouth feel. A big advantage was to have a huge array of different flavors from which to choose! No bad smell, no bad breath, nothing but good flavor and a feeling of well-being. I stopped regular cigarettes immediately when I started to vape, but about a week in I got terrible cravings for a regular cigarette. I caved in and bought a pack, feeling guilty as I thought I was failing once again. Much to my surprise, when I tried to smoke the cigarette the taste was absolutely disgusting. I threw the pack away and have never looked back. I was smoking about a pack a day for 30 years. I started out with e-liquid containing 18mg of nicotine. That was a bit strong for me and made me feel shaky, so I dropped down to 12mg strength a few days later. It’s strong enough to keep my nicotine craving in check without giving me nicotine overload side-effects. My goal is to end up vaping 0mg of nicotine, and I will try to achieve this within 9-12 months. I can’t speak for everyone, but having failed to quit smoking so many times in the past, I’m amazed and overjoyed that I have found a method that works perfectly for me. I feel more energetic, I no longer have a persistent cough, and my blood pressure is back to normal after being borderline hypertensive. I’m also enjoying the absence of the terrible cigarette smells and the monetary savings as well!