Hello My Name is Rod I smoked for 35 years.Much of that a 2 pack a day smoker and on evenings when i chose to go out and imbibe much more(sometimes up to 4 packs). I started using an electronic cigarette almost 8 months ago. I started with 24mg or(2.4%) nicotine liquid and within a month cut back to 18mg(1.8%) where i am currently leveled off at for now. i use different types of mods or advanced personal vaporizers.I plan on cutting my nicotine intake down even farther as i go.whether i choose to stop vaping is still up in the air. I no longer smoke at all. i haven’t had a cigarette since December 12 10:00PM 2012. I started vaping right at the end of November 2012 shortly after i set my quit date of December 12th. Once i a had that last smoke i never looked back.No with drawl symptoms. No grumpiness no nothing i just quit. Of course i am still getting nicotine but i am NOT getting any of the thousands of other chemicals in cigarettes. I can say i am happier since quitting smoking i can breathe better i can smell things again(some things that i wish i couldn’t smell sometimes). I can taste foods again much more than i could before quitting. I can play with my grand kids with out being winded after 5 minutes for me this is probably the best thing; I don’t stink like smoke which means my grand kids don’t have to reek after they come and give pa pa a hug. The funny thing is i have tried so many ways to quit before it is quite sad. I tried the patch i tried chantix,cold turkey,the gums and none of them worked for me.an e-cig tho was a miracle and a life saver for me.the e-cig helped me do what i have been trying to do for 20+ years since my first son was born. I even made my 3 sons a promise to quit smoking when my oldest was about 9 years old.He saw me quit finally when he was 21!! Sad to say it took me that long to keep a promise i made to my kids but thanks to e-cigs i was finally able to keep that promise that i made them. I cant really think of any negative effects that using an e-cig has had on my quality of life unless they are banned or regulated in some way to make it to where we had to have a prescription or some such nonsense to use or have nicotine liquid in any certain strength. by the way i am 45 and started smoking when i was between the ages of 10 and 11