Two years ago last month, I smoked my last cigarette, after smoking 2 packs a day for over 20 years. I had attempted to quit many times before – I tried nicotine gum, patches, Wellbutrin, Chantix, and cold turkey. Each time, I found myself smoking again within a couple months’ time. Then a friend sent me an electronic cigarette to try and I knew right away, this was going to change my life. No one was more surprised than me when I no longer felt the need to light up a cigarette. It’s very liberating, knowing I am no longer filling my lungs with smoke more than 30 times a day; I no longer worry I’ve not put out a cigarette completely, risking a fire in my home; I no longer feel like I smell like an ash tray; I no longer have ash trays in every room of my house; I am no longer harming my family, friends, and pets by subjecting them to second hand smoke. I am free of all of those things and I have the electronic cigarette to thank for that.