At the age of 12 i began smoking it was promoted and advertised as being cool. Over the next 10 years smoking continued in popularity you smoked on planes, in clubs restaurants, even hospitals. Then as evidence began to surface in regards to the real damage, attitudes changed. We know for a fact cigarettes kill there is no doubt in actual fact cigs kill more people than 911 did every month yet they are still allowed to be sold and smoked, Cigarettes companies and any government who continue to sell them should be jailed. I tried pharmaceutical medicines champix and ziobahn to quit mostly they messed with my mind, the gum and patches never worked i still needed that association. I would quit every day cold turkey at 12 pm only to go buy a packet at 5 pm. Even the birth of my first child could not make me quit, I once told an ex wife don`t make me choose between her and cigarettes because i would choose cigarettes. On an overseas trip just over 1 year ago my wife suggested i try this electronic cigarette, she bought the starter pack i purchased my duty free smokes. After they ran out i thought OK give this thing a try. I started on high nicotine cig flavor and got through the first week easy i was amazed, i still got to puff just didn’t stink like an ashtray, also had money in my pocket at the end of the week. Changed to flavor liquids and started lowering me nicotine. After 4 months i was on zero nicotine i didn`t have one cigarette could smell everything especially how bad cigarettes really were, could taste food again, and felt amazing. The morning cough i always dismissed was gone. I was taking the family out more our lifestyle improved with the extra money. I am now a non smoker i still vape occasionally, and i still on the odd occasion feel like a a real cigarette, but that feeling lasts very briefly and i have my electronic one instead. I have no doubt electronic cigarettes saved my life, my marriage and has let me be a better father and support my family better. They may not work for everyone but they should always be available as a tool to quit, they also assist people who want to cut back and quit slowly, unlike other options once you fall off the wagon and smoke you are a smoker again, with electronic cigarettes you can do both and continue with your quit target without feeling like a failure. I appreciate governments make a lot of money in cigarette taxes, this is not an excuse to kill your own people and that is what you are doing that is a proven fact. You need to look at it from other angles i have more money to spend since i quit and i do i spend it, there is only so much money in the economy and it works its way around. i don’t smoke anymore but i have created extra work from my spending. Stop with the screens we don`t know the long term effects of electronic cigs. You didn`t know the effects of power lines, mobile phones etc, hell what about the carbon monoxide poisoning from cars and factories. FACT smoking is a filthy dirty habit that affects millions everyday indirectly and directly stop letting these companies kill us you the government and we the people owe them nothing they have killed and stolen lives long enough. Get behind electronic cigarettes if they help people to quit, and that should be the focus getting people off cigarettes that we know KILL.