I am a 54 year old who smoked for 40 years. By 18 years old I was smoking at least a pack a day, and for the last 25 years smoked 1.5 to 2 packs per day. I tried many times to quit. I used nicotine patches and lozenges, and numerous attempts with Chantix, and also tried cold turkey a few times. I hated that I smoked, yet it seemed like I could never wait for my next cigarette. I had to actually put myself on a schedule so that I wouldn’t smoke too much. I had seen commercials on TV for electronic cigarettes, the ones that look like a cigarette with the disposable cartridges, and ordered that in an attempt to quit, but it was nothing like a cigarette. I didn’t like the taste, I had to draw on it too hard to create a vapor, and it didn’t satisfy me in the least. So I thought this was just a fad that didn’t work. Then a few years later, I saw some people smoking e-cigs that had recharegable batteries, tanks that they filled with liquid they made themselves, and they could not say enough good things about it. I finally ordered the Ego C kit to give it a try. It was completely satisfying from the first time I vaped. It has been 11 months and I have not had a single tobacco cigarette since. I have noticed too, that, even when the battery dies on me, like if I am out in the car running errands, etc, that I don’t panic that I can’t vape (like I used to when I was smoking), and I do all my errands and get home just fine without vaping or buying a pack of cigarettes. I now use the twist battery, and a glass clearomizer, and am thinking about looking into the mods. I have tried many different flavors but so stuck on one, that I use it exclusively. About a month into it, I stopped using any type of tobacco flavoring at all, couldn’t stand the taste! I used to have trouble sleeping, I was coughing and clearing my throat all the time, and if I got the slightest cold, I would end up in the hospital with terrible wheezing and having to be on oxygen and IV steroids. Since I have quit smoking, I now have trouble with any of those things. Also, my clothing and my house doesn’t stink, my mouth doesn’t have a bad taste all the time, I am able to taste and smell things like I haven’t been able to my entire adult life. I don’t have headaches every day any more either. (That was a nasty problem). I am so happy to have found electronic cigarettes: the ones of today. I no longer get all the cancer causing agents of tobacco cigarettes, nor the ash or soot in my lungs, and I don’t have to worry about falling asleep in my recliner with a lit cigarette. (I did that a couple of times and woke up to the furniture on fire). I can’t believe anyone would want to put a ban on these. The nicotine is about as bad as caffeine, and the Propylene Glycol and the Vegetable Glycerin as far as I know are pretty risk free. I see that some want to regulate it as a tobacco product so they can put ungodly taxes on everything, and control who can make the liquids, and not let people make them themselves. Also, banning on the newer hardware it takes to make a good E-Cigarette would be a nightmare for those of us who use these newer options to keep us satisfied enough to not smoke tobacco. I know if I had to give up vaping as I know it, I would probably go back to tobacco cigarettes. One thing I forgot to mention, is that when I first started, I was at a pretty good strength of nicotine, starting at 24mg, I have cut that in half, and hopefully by the end of the year will be down to zero. Don’t know if I will keep vaping for the flavor or not with zero nicotine, but it’s nice to know I have that option. Thank you for taking the time to read this.