There was a time when honest American businessmen made an honest tobacco product. Tobacco-Cigarettes were not originally intended, nor were they advertised to be consumed at the rate of a 20-pack per day, or more. Somewhere along the line Big Tobacco was born, and thus came the addition of myriad chemical fillers, and alkaloid absorption catalysts, along with an outrageously-boosted artificial Nicotine content compared to Tobacco’s natural levels. Big Tobacco turned on us. They fed us cheaply produced, pathetic excuses for Tobacco, and ultimately gave up on actually producing a quality product at all, but rather a mere Nicotine Delivery System. They became the equivalent of any street-corner Heroin dealer, and perhaps even something much worse. In fact, I’m not sure one American Tobacco-cigarette smoker has even the slightest clue what real Tobacco, a la a fine Cigar, tastes like. I am a 36 year-old father of a 4 year-old son. A son whose clothes, hair, and toys smelled like an ashtray because of my disgusting habit. Include in that list my own hair, clothes, car, and home. When family members had commented on picking up the cigarette-scent on my son, something inside me crawled under a rock, and died. It made me ill. Beyond that, his Mother and I both, caused him to live and play in a perpetually contaminated atmosphere. (I have no lack of disgust for the natural air-quality in the State Of New Jersey, however we were making it even worse inside our home. Air cleaners can only go so far, and did little to squash my guilt.) Both, my Fiance and I, had made several failed attempts at quitting since the birth of our Son. We tried it Cold-Turkey together, (and separated for the only time in our entire 14 year relationship, until we both had a cigarette and made-up). We tried the Patch. She tried the Gum. They all failed. They all failed because none of them appealed to the most childish essence of why any smoker begins smoking in the first place: None of those options allowed us to blow smoke through our lips. Childish? Yes. However, it is a fundamental relaxation technique which tobacco-cigarettes provided. It’s the very reason I began smoking at 16. To exhale smoke. I had no Nicotine dependency when I was 16. Nicotine was not a concern. That came years later. The smoke, itself, is the key for millions of smokers. That is why all of Big-Pharma’s Nicotine solutions don’t work. It is also why both they, and Big Tobacco, are afraid of the only tobacco-cigarette cessation method which actually does work for the long term: Electronic Cigarettes. I am fairly new to Electronic Cigarettes. The first time I learned of them was when I saw them in a local Walgreens for sale. After some time, I tried one and was absolutely floored. I did some research, shopped around, and found an entire world of devices and Nicotine-Liquids which would allow me to still experience the relaxation of smoking while also weening myself off of Nicotine in a manner of my own choosing. I have not had a tobacco product in over 8 months now. The longest period which I have ever been Tobacco-Free in my life. My Fiance is right there with me. We have completely eliminated our dependency on Tobacco smoke, and have switched to Vapor full-time. We have diminished our initial 18-24mg Nicotine level to now 6-8mg over the last 8 months and soon enough will be entirely eliminating that, as well. Electronic Cigarettes are literally a Lifesaver in the very sense of the word. The freedom and variety which Vapor has introduced into our lives is incalculable. I couldn’t have had another 10 years worth of smoking cigarettes left in me before I acquired some form of Cancer. Besides the obvious lack of the foul smells and ashes, I feel a thousand times better since I started Vaping. I can breathe easier, longer, and deeper breaths. I am not nearly as easily winded, and have energy to spare. My morning headaches are gone, as well as the strange allergy symptoms I was having while smoking Tobacco-Cigarettes. My Fiance shares all the same improvements, and has no doubt been saved along with me. Vapor may have very well given our Son two score more years with his Parents. I sure hope so. Being as both our’s, and our Son’s health, were the primary motivators for the switch to Vaping, we keep up on recent medical studies concerning the risks associated with Vapor. It’s important to us that we haven’t merely traded one evil for another, especially if our child is sometimes exposed to it second-hand. Though the past few years proved to be lacking in definitive studies, as time is a most precious commodity within this health paradigm, more recently some great news is coming from Universities across the globe. Encouraged by the results of Dr. Igor Burstyn’s recent definitive study performed at the Drexel University School Of Public Health, which confirms that chemicals in electronic-cigarettes pose no health concern for users or bystanders, we are confident we made the right choice for our family. Vapor finally sealed the deal for us.