Hello. I started smoking about three years ago. At the time I was very young and passing through some rough paths. I started smoking only when I would go out, and then it progressed to when I was feeling low and depressed. So I guess I could say I smoked for three years (one pack a day). Then, I started having some serious health problems, but I never intended to quit smoking. Having these health issues made me think how smoking is bad for my body, and soon, I started searching the internet on ways to reduce the amount tobacco I took. Note that I never intended to quit smoking, I just wanted to reduce it to half a pack / day. So, I came upon some websites that were talking about e-cigs and I decided to give it a try. Three months ago, I ordered an e-cig kit (Joyetech Ego-C starting kit) and started vaping (with liquid containing 18ml of nicotine). I never smoked another cigarette from then on. I had no will power, no intent to quit, and still, with one single purchase I stopped smoking. Now, I don’t smoke not only because I don’t want to harm myself, but also because I don’t need them. I don’t feel any type of urge or psychological need. After I five days of vaping, my life started improving. My house, car and even myself stopped smelling like an ashtray. I could taste things so much better that I could not even bring myself to taste my girlfriend’s cooking. I started smelling things better. My parent’s residence is in a forest and when I got there I said to my girlfriend, I can smell the nature and I started crying because I knew how good this change was being for me. I could also breathe and exercise a lot more. The only drawback (in my own experience) was gaining some weight. Since things started tasting so much better I spent the first week eating fast food. But, I quickly solved that by doing some exercise. I don’t know if anyone is reading this, but I want to leave a personal note: Tobacco addiction feels like you’re in hell. I would wake at 2 am and if I didn’t have at least seven cigarettes by my side, I would have to get up and drive to the gas station. I cried after watching people talking about tumors, deaths in their families and I would look at my right hand, and I would see a lit up cigarette. I was receiving information, actual facts on how this would most likely happen to me and I was smoking without even realizing it. We’re at the end of my story. I am not writing this to beg people not to ban e-cigs. I am writing this, because at this time, in this very moment, I am a very, very happy man. My life has turned around and I have to thank e-cigs because they were the ones who allowed it. I am sure that if it weren’t for these products, I would have been smoking until the day I died. Thank you.