I started smoking when I was 13 years old. Several years ago I started taking my health more seriously. I then switched to smoking Winston. In my research I found out that Winston Doesn’t use chemicals to dry the tobacco. They let it dry naturally. Winston was the most natural cigarette you could get without all the chemicals. Then a few years ago our government decided the cigarette companies have to use CHEMICALLY treated paper. Within smoking the first carton of the new treated paper cigarettes. I started to get a really bad cough. I never had this cough before. Putting chemicals in the paper was the worse thing to do for peoples health. Looking for an alternative, I tried the roll your own method. That was a joke. It was so time consuming and didn’t really save me any money. Unfortunately, that was the only way to get untreated paper. Then one day a friend introduced me to the new electronic cigarette. I was surprised how close it was to the real thing. My friend had done a lot of research on the different electronic cigarettes available at the time, so I started using the same kind my friend recommended. The kind we use are a 3 piece unit. The battery, the atomizer, and the tip. I like to be able to add more fluid to the tip when needed ( you can’t add fluid to the ones where the atomizer and the tip are one piece). I also like the control of the nicotine mg fluid I use. They also have a 0 mg nicotine fluid which can help you cut down on nicotine. This will help aide a person who wants to quit. With the electronic cigarette you aren’t getting any tar, smoke or paper chemicals. The only thing you get is nicotine and the control on the amount of nicotine. Oh, you do get one other thing. You get to save a lot of money. I don’t cough with the electronic cigarette like I did with the treated paper cigarettes. I also want to add, my stepson was able to quit smoking completely using the electronic cigarette. I hope our government will get all the facts before they force on us yet another unwanted decision. If people want to smoke, they will find a way. At least allow the individual to make the best choice for themselves.