I am currently 48 years old (49 in 2 weeks). i began smoking cigarettes when I was 14 years old – smoking about a pack a week until I was 18 and have smoked at least a pack a day for about 34 years. I had tried to quit about 4 or 5 times over that period trying different method, cold turkey, patches, gum, prescriptions, etc. usually i would quit and then within 1- 2 months would start smoking cigarettes. In July of last year my daughter (who also smokes) tried to quit using an electronic cigarette device (an EGO), I had been wanting to quit so I bought one and tried it. It has worked although at first i was still smoking a cigarette a day but nothing like before. i am now proud to say I have not smoked a cigarette in over 3 months. I use my e-cigarette and I feel I am done with them foreever. I fully believe there is no way I would have ever quit smoking without the aid of e-cigs. I currently use a mechanical mod with a rebuildable atomizer head. I am vaping e-juice from various vendors at a nicotine level of 6mg – down from 24mg when I first started. I cannot stress this enough, I tried many other cessation methods but nothing worked until I tried my first e-cig. These devices need to be recognized for what they, a much healthier alternative for nicotine delivery. I hope to be using 0mg nicotine juice within the next month or 2. One thing is certain, I will never smoke another cigarette again.