I smoked for 15 years before finding e-cigs. I tried the gum and the patch to no avail. I started out with a cigarette style e-cig from V2 and went from 2 packs a day to a pack a week. I then upgraded to a mechanical mod and RDA and went from a pack a week to not buying any cigarettes at all. I was never able to quite smoking, I found it too hard. But with the help of vapor products I went from 2 packs a day to nothing in less then 6 months. The first thing I noticed after starting to vape was being able to taste things again. No terrible odor of cigarettes, loss of breathe was no longer an issue, and just an over all better feeling.