I smoked for 45 years, 4 years and a month ago I bought an expensive cigarette look alike in a mall. I used that in conjunction with cigarettes for a week, smoking analogs less and less as the week past until finally the real cigarette didn’t taste good anymore. I have NOT smoked or lit one cigarette since I quit July 20, 2009. I found ECF forum for vaping about 3 weeks after I quit smoking. Every week/month new and improved model e-cigs came out (are still coming out). I found I really enjoyed the new advanced e-cigs, mainly because of the longer battery life. I tried many times to quit smoking, cold turkey, and NRT’s some even were prescribed NRTs. Nothing ever lasted longer than 6 months, plus there were many side negative side effects. I’ve experienced no side effects since my body rid itself of the tar and bad stuff from real cigarettes (that takes a few weeks). My health started improving immediately upon quitting smoking. I no longer cough or wheeze, I have tons more energy. I’ve learned one major thing since I started vaping, it is exponentially safer than smoking regular cigarettes.