I smoked 2-3 packs of cigarettes every day for over 40 years. I found Electronic cigarettes about 4 years ago and stopped smoking. After a few months I noticed my taste buds had come back (food tasted wonderful) and my lung capacity improved dramatically. Prior to switching from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes…I couldn’t walk up 1 flight of stairs without getting winded…Now I can walk up several flights with no issues. There are many health and social issues related to smoking cigarettes…They are all in the past now that I switched to electronic cigarettes. We who have switched to electronic cigarettes understand there are those who oppose e-cigarettes for many reasons, including money trails like with those in the pharmaceutical industry. Others oppose e-cigarettes for social reasons because they just don’t want to be reminded of smoking. I survived Viet-Nam and after 40+ years of smoking I found a way to stop smoking cigarettes…just to discover THEY don’t approve of this either and that angers me…to say the least.