I was a pack-a-day smoker for 13 years. I had tried a few times (not many) in the past to quit smoking. I was interested in quitting after entering a new relationship with a woman that had a child. She did not force me to try quitting, but I never smoked around her child and decided it would be best to stop smoking. A friend let me try her Ego-C at a smoking bar one night. After which, I purchased my own device. I had a goal to completely convert to the e-cigarette on day one, with no smoking once I began. It was much easier than I thought, and I haven’t smoking since. It’s been almost 5 months and I have no reason to ever go back. I have dropped my nicotine levels once, and plan on doing it again (down to 6mg/ml). The learning curve was high to enter, but the community made up for that.