This is my story, and I am proof that electronic cigarettes work without a doubt! At the age of 18 i choose to start smoking cigarettes because it was cool. I smoked for a while without being able to inhale the harsh smoke they produce, but i was determined for it to look real in front of other smokers. While thinking at the time that it was not as addictive as i had heard, one reason being they didnt taste very good. Then as a little time pasted a close friend who also smoked offered me a menthol flavored cigarette. Before i knew it i was definetly hooked because now i liked the taste and my body needed the nicotine. After smoking for a few years i began to notice some negative affects like shortness of breathe and coughing. Not to meation how bad i smelled to my nonmoking friends and family. Now with several years of smoking under my belt i started the extremely hard part of wanting to quit. I tryed quitting cold turkey several times only to fail countless times. Then at the age of 30 and 12years of smoking a pack to pack and a half of cigarettes a friend introduced me to an electric cigarette that was hanging around his neck , he and his wife had been doing it for several months and loved the positive affects. He began telling me about how much he had cut back and his wife had completely quit w an ego style battery and a cartomizer tank w a cool shaped drip tip. I was amazed at how cool it looked but was still unsure then he showed me a flavor list with flavors like apple pie, peanut butter cup, and banana nut bread to name a few. I was definetly intriged. At the time he was vaping on peanut butter cup w 18mg of nicotine. It taste just like the real thing. So my next question was what is the cost ? And the cost compared to a carton of cigarettes was amazingly cheaper and it tasted very good and u could get your nicotine. What more could a smoker need? It wasnt long before i bought my first kit , it contained double ego batterys and cartomizer tanks with some good tasting dessert like liquid in 24 mg nicotine strength. Right away i dropped to a half a pack of cigarettes and never been happier. Over about 3 months time i had also got a dozen of my family and friends to buy kits with success. So for a year i smoked and vaped never could completely quit. Until one day i stopped by a local vape shop and bought a couple of new flavors and one of the flavors called dragons crown i really enjoyed it alot i vaped and smoked for couple of weeks.then i woke up one morning as always i started my day by lighting a cigarette only on this morning something had changed!! My normal brand menthol tasted horrible that morning I took a couple of drags and quickly put it out! It tasted that bad i couldnt finish it! That was 8months ago and that was my last stinky(cigarette). My life has completely changed for the better in so many ways. To list a few I can breathe just like before i started smoking, absoultly no coughing , and i smell better! Vapor actually smells pleasant. Sense quiting i have upgraded my personal vaporizer to a mechanical mod and a kayfun atomizer to name one. I enjoy vaping and helping people transition over. The quality of life is outstanding!