I’ve smoked menthol cigarettes for almost 20 years. At my peak I was smoking almost 2 packs a day. I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004 and since then I have tried MANY different smoking cessation aids. Specifically I’ve used nicorette gum and patches, Chantix, Zyban and welbutrin. Everyone of those products failed and I gained weight rapidly while on them. At my peak weight, while i was on chantix, I weighed over 320 lbs. I was going to die smoking cigarettes and I knew it would be the cigarettes that killed me. My life changed a year ago when a friend of mine, trying to help me save money on cigarettes, directed me to a tobacco shop in town. The young lady that ran the shop told me how she had struggled with quitting the same way I did and that the only way she quit was by using an electronic cigarette. I decided what the heck it was worth a shot and since that moment I have never picked up another cigarette again. I am now and have been smoke free for almost a year. I have lost down to 240 lbs and I feel better then I have in over 15 years. I cannot express the impact that quitting cigarettes has had on my life, there simply is not enough words to express it. I have more energy now then I ever have had in my life. I can run and play with my son, something i haven’t been able to do his entire life. I no longer dread going to the doctor for check ups. I now only visit my doctor once every 6 months for checkups instead of every two months for blood work and prescriptions.