I have been a pack to a pack and a half a day smoker for 16 years. During those years, I have tried to stop smoking numerous times using approved NRTs, like the nicotine patch and cold turkey. None of them gave me any satisfaction with regards to the behavioral aspect of my addiction. I could not get on the medication, because it would interfere with my medication regiment. I constantly craved tobacco, and whenever I saw someone smoke, I wanted to smoke. Watching a smoker pull a fresh cigarette from a pack, packing it down, and lighting it and watching them exhale smoke made me want to smoke. The e-cigarette satisfied some of these aspects of smoking which has helped me in dealing with my dependency for tobacco. I have been using an e-cigarette since March 18, 2012, and I have finally broken my addiction to tobacco. A week before March 18th, I quit cold turkey, but because the withdrawal symptoms were so uncomfortable, I wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes. Then, I remembered seeing my brother using his e-cig during a visit with my parents, and instead of buying a pack of cigarettes, I went to the mall and bought myself an expensive cigarette look-a-like kit. In the first month, I still craved cigarettes, but as I continued using nicotine in my e-cigarette, I slowly started to break the cravings for a real cigarette. I started my quit with a nicotine level of 24 mg and gradually lowered it to 6 mg. I smoked menthol cigarettes, so naturally I started with some menthol e-liquid. After the first two weeks, I noticed that I could taste better, and I started vaping some dessert flavors. I started appreciating being able to taste these delicious flavors since for so long I had not been able to taste anything so intense. I smell better. I can walk around my college campus without getting out of breath. When I smoked, I got bronchitis at least 4 times a year. I have not gotten bronchitis this year. I no longer cough out mucous. My family is quite happy I made the switch as well. They no longer smell like cigarette smoke, and they enjoy the smell of the vapor I produce when I exhale. If I vape a fruity flavored e-liquid, my family said it smelled like yogurt and suddenly got a craving for some. My doctors are also very happy I quit using the e-cigarette. Since then, I have given my first e-cigarette kit to my partner’s sister, and she has been smoke-free since June of 2012 and an ego battery with a ce4 clearomizer and a can of snus to my Dad. He has not completely quit smoking, but he has cut down to less than a 1/2 a pack of cigarettes a day from being a 2 pack a day smoker for over 40 years. I got a friend who was a 2 pack a day smoker for 20 years to quit by taking him to an e-cigarette convention, Vapercon, in Richmond, VA. His fiancee has also quit smoking using an e-cigarette as well. I now own 3 eGo Twist batteries, 2 Bolt mods, 2 Lavatube version 1 mods, a Vamo, and an e-pipe. I have met some wonderful people vaping in public. Most people are curious as to what I am doing, and that starts a dialogue regarding my quit. If someone truly has a problem with me vaping near them, I can stealth vape. This is when I inhale twice and hold the vapor in long enough, so that no vapor is exhaled. It isn’t just smokers who benefit from my talk. Non-smokers benefit, as well. We all know someone in our lives who smoke, and I hope they pass the cards I give them to their loved ones who smoke. If I can save one person, it would be worth it.