Hi Thank you for the opportunity to describe my smoking history and how I have not smoked a cigarette for over a year. I started smoking at an early age, before freshman in high school I had already tobacco. I was smoking regularly by junior year in high school. That was in 1968, when I was 17. I did quit for 3 years in 1986 to 1989, but made the mistake of playing with cigarettes again. It was as if I had never quit. My habit was at about 1.75 packs per day. Fairly consistent though the years. I tried e-cigs in 2011, with limited success, had equipment problems and it was not providing what I needed or what I was getting from cigarettes. I tried again in spring of 2013 with a new batch of equipment and I real understanding that pushing myself with guilt was not going to work. My quitting system was quite simple have a use your e-cig equipment prior to having a cigarette. At that point I was at 24 ml of nicotine. It toke the edge off and encouraged me to continue. By August I smoked my last one, and only half of it. Don’t get me wrong it was not easy, but it worked, unlike the other attempts gum, patch and celebrex. So now I am an e-liquid addict, is it better? Well I feel better, my cough is gone, I don’t take cough medicine before going to bed. Are there bad side effects, yes food taste so good!! I have gained 10 lbs. If I use to much e-liquid I do not sleep well. So where are things now, well: I learned never to play with cigarettes again, not even once. My nicotine level is between 9 and 12 ml slowly cutting down from a high of 24. Cost of e-cigs now including equipment replacement is at 75 per month. Am thankfull for all the advice I got from fellow e-cigs users on u-tube and the the forum. I greatest wish if that I could be an addict in peace, without worry about FDA and other agencies that do not seem to realize that a non-perfect solution is still a liable solution. Regards, claudebo