I smoked for 31 years. When I first started smoking it was only a few a day that gradually increased to a pack and half, often more. I tried quitting many times over the year. Chantix, gum, cold turkey and a smoking cessation program. The longest any worked was cold turkey for 3 months. I first looked into e-cigarettes around 2005 and read many reviews saying they were expensive and didn’t work. At the beginning of 2013 I started seeing people using the larger mods and figured e-cigarettes must have improved. I looked back into them and read many good reviews. After research I ordered my first set up. My e-cigarettes arrived on Feb. 13 2013, I haven’t had a cigarette since and it’s been 7 months. When I first started I tried to duplicate the flavor I had been used to smoking (menthol tobacco) After discovering there isn’t anything similar I decided to give the fruit/dessert/beverage flavors a try. I found I liked these more than the tobacco although I still enjoy menthol. Through the use of e-cigarettes I discovered for me personally it’s the oral fixation and the feel and visual vapor production that appeals to me and not the nicotine. I started at 18 mg of nicotine and steadily decreased it. I am now down to 3 mg with no cravings as I reduced. My health and sense of smell have improved. I now no longer enjoy the smell of burning cigarettes. I now have the energy and lung capacity to exercise daily with 2 mile walks. These e-cigarettes have been amazing in helping me to quit smoking.