I started smoking daily at age 16. I am now 35 as of a few days ago. I have tried just about everything to quit. Nicotine gum, patches, Welbutrin, etc. all to no avail!! Last year I started experiencing some numbness in my fingers and hands. This numbness got progressively worse over a six month period. It got so bad I couldn’t lift my hands over my head for more than 2 seconds before they would go completely numb. I’m a makeup artist and use my hands all day everyday , mostly above my head for I am short and most of the time I’m reaching above me to 6 foot tall models and actors. Anyhow, when the numbness became unbearable I finally made it to the Dr. My hands were so discolored and so swollen, my Dr. ordered an immediate slew of tests. To make a VERY long and aggravating story short, my Doctors had a hard time figuring out what was wrong. I saw neurologists, rheumatologists, etc., still they could not figure it out. My regular MD. Suggested I immediately stop smoking. So, being as frustrated as I was decided that if then wasn’t the best time to quit I didn’t know when WOULD be!! The next day I ordered an E-Cig online along with some e liquid. I tried the Blu E-cig in the past with little success, so I did a little researching and found a more efficient e-cig. (More about that in a minute) well on January 11, 2013 I had my last real cigarette!! Lo and behold within 24 hours of quitting my hands were almost back to normal !! No more discoloration, no more swelling and very little numbness!! Turns out I had Vasculitis !! 34 years old with a disease that people much older get and it was all do to smoking! My dr. Said I could have lost my limbs if I didn’t make the decision to stop when I did! That first e-cig I bought got me off the nasty cigarettes! I started off with the highest level of nicotine(36 Mg) and over the course of six months have decreased down to 6 mg. I plan to drop the nicotine all together by Christmas. I want to set a realistic goal so I NEVER go back to smoking!! I hope that people educate themselves on E-cigs so other people won’t hear misinformation about them and have the same opportunity to stop smoking WITH them just as I did!! E-cigs really do work !! My entire body thanks me today for making the switch!!