I had been a pack and a half a day smoker for over 30 years. Within that time I had tried many things to quit smoking, including the patch, gum, any voodoo that was on the market at the time. I would try just about anything to quit. I asked my doctor about Chantix, but she would not prescribe it for me because of other meds I was on and felt it was not a good med to be on. She even advised me against quitting as she said the stress of quitting would kill me before the cigarettes would. I still wanted to quit. I was tired of standing out in the cold to smoke, tired of watching people die from cigarette related causes. I was in the right place at the right time I guess you could say. I was at a mall where they had a kiosk selling e-cigarettes, and of course I had to try one. My husband kept me from buying it on the spot and shelling out the over 150.00 that they wanted. He told me to research it on the internet. AS soon as I got home that is what I did and ordered my first e-cigarette that night. It arrived in the mail about a week later. They were very new on the market at that time and not as easy to use as they are now, but I did it. First I just cut down to about 10 cigarettes a day, stayed there maybe a week. Then I got down to 2 cigarettes a day (hard to give up those 2), stay there for maybe a month. Then……NO CIGARETTES!!!!! NONE…. I had finally gotten the monkey off my back. I have quit cigarettes. It has been almost 5 years and not 1 cigarette in that time. I can even go outside with smokers and never have the urge for one. I have also gotten 2 daughters, a son, a brother and an ex husband off cigarettes with the e-cigarette. (they all have been off for more than a year). I cannot say enough great things about how the e-cigarette has changed mine and my family’s life, Not to mention the money it has saved us all. These things are the greatest invention…when everything else under the sun had failed at getting me to quit, this was the magical card. I am now one of those people who say If I can do it anyone can do it. And I truely believe this as long as you have an e-cigarette and know the right way to use it. Thank you CASSA for standing up for all our rights. Linda