I was a smoker for 14-15 years at a rate of one half to a full pack of cigarettes per day. I started using a refillable electronic cigarette around December 2013. It reduced my smoking to less than half a pack of cigarettes from that point forward and I used the electronic cigarette in the car the most as it would no longer make a mess of my car compared to regular smoking. I have fully quit smoking as of May 15, 2014 and used the electronic cigarette exclusively. This has been the only method of assisting me in quitting smoking as all of the other methods never appealed to me as appropriate substitutes. I would like to state, for anyone reading this statement, that I think NY state is being very contradictory on their quitting smoking stance. They push all of these disgusting commercials about quitting smoking on every television program and, yet, probably the most successful method found in electronic cigarettes is about to get trounced by the state all because they aren’t getting payoffs like they are from Big Tobacco to keep e-cigarettes unregulated by the FDA as well as Big Pharma to try and push people into a drug (Chantix) that makes people want to commit suicide!?!? I feel that this is the most ridiculous situation I’ve ever seen from this state. Someone needs to send a message to all of the legislators for NY state and tell them to start taking care of the people instead of lining their pockets. This state makes me sick to be living here and if I could afford to move and have my family come with me, I would do so as it is not deserving of my tax dollars in any way, shape or form. NY STATE: DO YOUR FRIGGIN JOBS AND QUIT LINING YOUR DAMN POCKETS SO MUCH ON TOP OF YOUR RIDICULOUSLY BLOATED SALARIES!! That’s it, I’m done.