I started smoking cigarettes around the age of 14 with intermittent periods of not smoking. I also used Skoal, Copenhagen and sometimes all three at times in my late teens and early twenties. I tried in my mid twenties of getting a prescription of nicotine gum. This lasted maybe a week. I tried Patches when they were first available by prescription only. This lasted about 6-8 weeks and found myself back to clogging up my lungs with tar and other carcinogens. I also tried Chantix medication with no luck. I am 53 now and I started trying out the Electronic Cigarette about 18 months ago. I could not believe that within a week I had no desire what so ever to smoke another cigarette again. I did smoke one 3 months after quitting because I lost my Electronic Cigarette and while smoking it I started to feel really bad and it tasted awful. I have no desire to ever buy a pack of cigarettes ever again or even be around people that smoke them. I really felt good about myself when I reconnected with an old friend from thirty years ago on Facebook who has had two heart attacks and came to me for help. He has been cigarette free now for two months now and his story is Identical to mine except I have been smoke free longer. I am so thankful for this new technology and pray Big Tobacco and Big Pharma are not allowed to line the pocket of lobbyist in Washington DC, and The representatives we vote in office at the local, state and federal level away to make more money by taxing it to a point that it is not affordable for those who wish to save their lives. Sincerely, Robert Ferguson Thank God for this alternative