I smoked for 41 years. I could never imagine myself saying the 3 words that I always wished I could say. Those words are I don’t smoke. I tried everything, the drugs, I tried hypnosis, I tried cold turkey, I tried cutting down, patches, gum and I even tried e-cigs when they first hit the market years ago. Nothing worked. Then one day a few months ago I decided to give e-cigs another try, I knew that the technology improved over what was, it always does. What I purchased was like night and day compared to what I tried before. After only 5 days of smoking these new e-cigs I knew in the bottom of my heart that this was my saving grace. Cigarettes no longer appeal to me. Now when I smoke a regular cigarette its like acid across my tongue. I have no cravings, no withdrawels whatsoever. I find it hard to imagine anyone saying that e-cigs are not a smoking cessation product while keeping a straight face. Obviously they never smoked. These things are going to save my life. But, I will go along with the people trying to push that nonsense by calling it an alternative to smoking since it does contain nicotine. But to these very people I will say that yes it does contain Nicotine, but I have the ability to slowly turn my nicotine levels down just like the patch. I am curious to hear what they have to say about that. Today I find myself able to say those 3 magic words and I owe it all to the e-cig. I will never smoke a cigarette again after 41 years of polluting my body. I did it cheaply and efficiently. The government has made a lot of money off of my addiction over the years, and now they want to tax the very thing that is saving my life. Please leave me alone this time. Please?