Electronic cigarettes have saved me from a life of dying early, simply put. I was a smoker for 6 years, from 18-22. I tried to quit several times, sometimes with something like Snus, sometimes Cold Turkey. The longest I ever got was 3 months. Once I picked up an E-cig it was over. I had no transition phase, I simply quit smoking cigarettes in favor of a superior nicotine delivery system. I can breathe again, I wake up feeling like I can breathe instead of suffocating.