I had been smoking for over 30 years and tried to quit many times, not just for my own health, but also for the health of my children. I tried the gum, the patches, the inhaler and various medications. The only thing that had helped was Chantix. I didn’t mind the vivid dreams, the only side effect I experienced. But my insurance would only cover about a 6 month course of treatment with it and I began smoking again. The longer I was off the medication, the harder it was to resist the urge to smoke more. I knew I had to do something before I was up to a pack a day. I purchased one of those Mistic e-cigs at Walmart and was able to stop analog cigarettes immediately. I quickly noticed, however, that there was a lack of consistent quality from cartridge to cartridge. One may work just fine for a day or 2 or it may stop producing vapor after just a couple of puffs. The cost of the cartridges wasn’t worth the gamble so I stopped at a vape store I had recently noticed and talked with them about what I was hoping to accomplish with an e-cig and my experience with the Mistic. They were able to set me up with something within my limited budget that actually worked consistently and I am once again smoke free! No more smelly clothes, no more cigarette ash all over the car, no more ash trays to empty and clean, no more coughing and hacking, no more worries that one of the kids would bump into the cigarette and get burned and no more poisoning my own children with second hand smoke or the contaminants that stick to my clothing and hair! Smoke free for going on 4 months! Even IF there might be some concern about inhaling nicotine by e-cig, I know, because of how much better I feel, that it IS a much lower risk to my health than regular cigarettes. I would even dare to say that it poses less risk to my health than the air I breathe around my home (several factories near my home). I can not fathom why any government or private agency would even consider banning electronic cigarettes at this point, and I certainly find it suspicious to suggest putting big tobacco companies into the it at all! After all, isn’t the big tobacco/government combination one of the largest contributing factors to the problems we are now fighting against: deleterious effects of smoking on health and the marketing of tobacco products to children? And, lastly, how is it that a company can pretty freely poison the air I breathe but if I choose to inhale some liquid nicotine with some flavoring and PG & VG, some one wants to ban it or regulate the cr@p out of it? Ooppps! Sorry, I got off the topic of my quit story a bit. In closing, I like being able to quit smoking with a method I can afford and have control over. I’m down to 6mg of nicotine in my e-liquid and I think this is where I’m going to stay, so I can reap the benefits that small amounts of nicotine are being found to provide.