My name is Teri. I smoked for 40 years, have tried several times in the past to quit. Nothing worked long-term for me. Then came the ecig. I started ecigs when they first came out. I started with the not-so-good ones! Short term batteries, pre-filled cartridges, etc..but I stuck it out! I stopped smoking the very first day I used an ecig. I started on Valentines Day of 2012 and have NEVER picked up a tobacco cigarette since! I know the ecig works because it contains the nicotine and it also works psychologically for the smoke imitation and draw. Nothing else works and over the last 2 years, I have watched my co-workers and friends quit the same way. I was the first one at work to use the ecig, yes, they laughed at first, but they’re not laughing now. It’s the BEST thing to happen for us ‘now’ former smokers! Why do they want to take away success? Why do they want to control everything in our lives? Why do they want to ignore the fact that these are much healthier? If they regulate ecigs to where we can’t get them or afford them, shame on them! We are addicts to smoking just like people are addicts to drugs, alcohol, etc.. There has to be a replacement to anything addictive to be successful. That’s just the way most people are wired. We’re just accepting the lesser of the two evils, so to speak, but at least we are making the better choice. Leave us alone, we are adults and we can make the best decision for us. Thank you and stay out of our lives!