First off I smoked for 5 years at least a pack to two packs a day. I tried using the nicotine patches for about a month with no success. I then tried to use chantix but that made me have very vivid nightmares and if anything only made me want to smoke more because of lack of sleep and being stressed and scared because of my nightmares. I then used the cigalikes i used them for about 2 months and i was never satisfied by them and they tasted gross. A year and a half ago i switched to the ecig with fruit flavors that i could pour in myself. I have not had a single cigarette since jan 4 2013. Yay me!! And that is all thanks to the wonderful ecig shop that i know manage. Ecigs and this shop are very important in my success and my life. I couldnt have quit without this product and without the fruity flavors. and to top my success i dont have as many health problems. my hair has stopped falling out by the handful, i dont have to use my inhaler for panic attacks. My skin is smoother and has less imperfections. and my 3 children are very happy now that mommy doesnt smoke anymore. I would have to say my success in quiting smoking has made a huge impact on my personal life. And i couldnt have done it without my ecig. Plus i now have more money to spend on my kids and as a single mom that couldnt make me any happier. If the FDA says no more ecigs and only cigalikes then i will more than likely go back to smoking cigarettes and believe me i really dont want that to happen. Now as a manager of an ecig shop i believe that these products really do help changes peoples lives for the better. And If the fda decides to crack down and make it only cigalikes many people will go back to smoking. Not only that but it will put probably 50-75% of the ecig shops out of business because the cigalikes dont work, and people dont want them. So not only will people go back to smoking and paying more but it will put this single mom of 3 out of a job….and i live in a town where jobs are very hard to come by, example- i was on unemployment for 1.5 years before i got the job at the ecig shop. This is going to affect millions of lives across our country. from the now nonsmokers to the employess that work in the ecig shops. Yes i understand that the government is losing out on the sin tax of cigarettes but is that any reason to take away hundreds of thousands of jobs and lives? On another note i understand that children are getting sick and possibly dying because they are getting there hands on the liquids that contain nicotine and drinking it. This is a huge problem but not with the product, with the parents of the children this is happening to! my 3 kids dont touch my ecig or anything that pertains to my ecig. if anything make alcohol illegal. that kills more people than anything. Tax it dont take it away!! thats not the right thing to do in this situation. And to the neglectful parents teach and watch your children, if you were doing these things then maybe the government wouldnt be trying to take away a life saving tool