I smoked a pack of cigarettes per day for 28 years. I had tried every known method to quit. The greatest success I enjoyed prior to ecigarettes was with a nicotine patch which would diminish my cravings enough to go about 2 hours without a cigarette but in treating only the nicotine addiction, the hope of quitting altogether was nonexistent. Without duplicating the smoking habit I had zero chance of ever getting off cigarettes. One day I came across a gentleman with a display set up at a flea market. He was selling ecigarettes. Not the cheap ones you find at 7-11 stores. He was selling good quality kits. I was intrigued and purchased a Joyetech 510-T kit together with some nicotine fluid. The vendor showed me how to use it and also be careful with the nicotine fluid. I went out to my car in the parking lot with hope in mind and assembled my kit. I took one puff and then sat there stunned for about 30 seconds as a smile stretched over my face. I knew I had just quit smoking forever. I must have looked silly to passersby sitting alone in my car giggling to myself but it was one of those moments where you just don’t care if anyone’s watching. I felt like I had just won the lottery. My ecig mimicked smoking perfectly. The throat hit, the nicotine, the visible vapor, the tobacco flavour and the action of handling a cigarette. It was all there except the tobacco smoke. I threw my remaining half a pack of cigarettes in the trash. It was beautiful. This happened over a year and a half ago. It’s been 19 months since I touched a cigarette or any tobacco product. The following is a chronological account of my 19 months of progress from having full control of my vaping habits. One day after quitting cigarettes I notice that my morning ritual of coughing up phlegm is gone. The very next day it was gone. One week after quitting, I dilute my 24mg/ml nic fluid down to 18mg/ml and I’m able to take a full breath,to maximum lung expansion, without coughing. I also notice about this time that second hand tobacco smoke from others is starting to stink. After a couple months I lower my nicotine fluid to 12mg/ml. It’s a big jump down from 18mg/ml and I can feel the difference so I decide to stay at this level for as long as I need to. About this time I notice that my cardiovascular health feels the way it did when I was a teenager, when I could exercise to the point of huffing and puffing and it wasn’t uncomfortable. About 6 months goes by before I’m comfortable dropping it again. I lower it to 8mg/ml with very little discomfort and I decide that small drops in nicotine concentration over long periods of time are the best way for me to get off nicotine without having the cravings that many exsmokers complain of for years after they quit. I also notice around this time that my need for tobacco flavor is greatly diminished and second hand tobacco smoke from others smells absolutely terrible to me now. I start using different fruity flavors on occasion with no discomfort. About 2 months ago I dropped my nicotine level to 6mg/ml, with no discomfort at all and my need for tobacco flavor is completely gone. Today, as I write this, I use a different ecig mod, one with more battery power and far less maintenance than my old 510-T kit, however, in retrospect, I can see that the fidgeting about with tanks and little batteries from my first ecig kit actually helped me stay away from tobacco. The higher maintenance of that first kit I purchased replaced other tobacco smoking behaviours like cleaning ashes and ashtrays and washing tobacco tar from walls, blinds and windows in my home. I can see the end of my nicotine addiction in sight. Maybe I’ll spend the next year or two reducing it to zero. I’m not sure how long it will take but I do know that with my ecigarette and enough time, it can be done with no discomfort and no cravings that draw you back to the old habit. There is no doubt in my mind that as long as ecigarette products are readily available and most of all, affordable to everyone, that I will never touch tobacco again. It is my belief that anyone who would restrict access to ecigarettes through strict regulation or obscene profit margins, is completely evil.