I smoked cigarettes for 30 years. I tried my bosses e cigarette she was always using at work and loved it. I had tried many times to quit and was unsuccessful. The patch and the gum were useless for me. I bought my own e cigarette shortly after using my bosses and immediately cut my smoking from a half a pack a day to a pack a week. I love my e cigarette and now when I do occasionally smoke I regret it. It doesn’t taste as good as my e liquid, it smells awful and it hurts my chest. I began using the e cigarette in January. It’s July now and this summer I could race my son across the pool underwater and make it all the way without running out of air or coughing when I finished. I never cough in the morning. My clothes and my car smell fresh. I am not sneaking out to smoke and leaving my son to entertain himself. I am in the food service industry and my sense of taste has improved as well. I have no doubt that switching to the e cigarette has improved my quality of life, and perhaps it’s length as well.