I’ve been smoking cigarettes since I was 15 years old and was never able to quit. I tried the patch and got blood clots. It felt like my arm was going to fall off. I also tried nicorette gum. It made my mouth and throat numb, all the while putting an awful taste in my mouth that instantly made me sick to my stomach. Never again I thought to myself, quitting just wasn’t for me. I started a job at a new company the sold e-cigs. I didn’t even know what an e-cig was at the time. So I thought I’d try one but had no intention of quitting smoking. I started with a tiny pink 650mah battery and something called an Ego Cone. I used it off and on while smoking cigarettes. Little by little I noticed I was using the e-cig more and that the taste of my cigarettes was making me sick. The first week I didn’t smoke cigarettes I was already breathing better. My asthma wasn’t acting up as much, but I wasn’t trying to quit smoking I just forgot about them. It wasn’t a priority to quit for me, but the e-cig was much more effective for getting my nicotine cravings, plus it tasted like sweet tobacco, not burnt chemicals. I had the last pack of cigs in my bedside table at home, they sat in that drawer for a year before I realized I hadn’t even thought about smoking in that year, so I just threw them in the trash. And that was the end of the tobacco companies’ hold on me. I am free, thanks to electronic cigarettes(e-cigs).