I first started smoking when I was in high school, because of stress and other factors. It started out as experimentation, and very sporadic, often only smoking a cigarette once per week, but gradually increased until I hit college and was smoking a pack a day. I tried many times to quit, and failed, and seemed only able to reduce my smoking, bouncing around between half a pack a day to a few cigarettes a day for about 2 years until 2008 when I discovered ‘electronic cigarettes’. These were very new in the U.S. market, and worked well enough, I quit for about 6 months until they broke and was forced to find a replacement, only to find that I couldn’t buy any due to the ‘banning of e-cig devices’ in 2009. I ended up back on cigarettes – again. I ended up struggling, yet again, this time for years. I was about to give up on quitting completely until a friend talked me into giving e-cigs another shot. I finally got another e-cig in 2013, and immediately was satisfied again. I don’t crave cigarettes, even the smell disgusts me. I can’t stand to be around those that do smoke. I feel healthier, can breathe easier, have more energy, and overall feel 200% better than I did when I was smoking. I have been smoke free now for 4 months and counting.