I started smoking when I was 12 years old, it was cool in 1982. I quickly developed a habit as all smokers do and within a year I was using my school lunch money to buy cigarettes because my pocket money just wasn’t enough. Skip forward to 2011 and after spending over $250,000 on cigarettes, I am struggling to give up smoking. My father dies of heart disease brought on by smoking. My family decides enough is enough, they plead with me to give up. I tried everything. Patches, sprays, inhalers, champex, zyban and eventually hypnosis. All without any success. I give up giving up ! 1 year later in 2012, my aunt suggests ecigarettes . Within 1 week, I have COMPLETELY given up smoking. It is now mid 2016 and I feel fantastic and my family is over the moon that I have finally given up the smokes. I started with disposables, now I have a semi-mod Rebel 2 . I use high strength nicotine juice, the same as when i started. I have had 2 cigarettes in the 4 years since quitting and will never have another, why would I ? I have lost weight and am fitter than ever. I no longer go to bed stinking of cigarettes and I now wake up without a horrible cough. Why on earth would you not encourage this product as a healthier alternative to cigarettes !! This vote does not affect me directly as I live in Australia but I believe this product saves lives and should be embraced by ALL governments who have an investment in there citizens welfare. Vape on