I started smoking a few cigarettes a week when I was 12 years old (I had a brother 6 years older that wanted us to smoke with him). I was a heavy smoker by the time I was 18 years old. I was a three pack a day smoker for many years, I tried the Nicotine gum and the patches with no success. Approx 4 years ago some of the guys at work started using E-Cigs, I got the info and ordered a couple of kits. At first they were just ok, started out the the Joye E-Cigs, the small black ones and they just did not completely satisfy, but I told myself I was going to use the E-Cig as much as possible and if I wanted a real cigarette I was not going to beat myself up about it. After about 3-4 weeks I decided to go a week without a real cigarette, after about a week I had a craving for the real thing and lit one up, the taste was so horrible I immediately put it out and went back to my E-Cig. I have not touched another real cigarette since that time.