Smoked 40+ years until 9/5/10 when I went to vaping full-time at 6ml per day 6mg nic. I started vaping using an Ego at 18mg nic. I went down to 6mg nic the first year and have remained there for the most part. I do switch to 3mg juice in the evenings many times. I started vaping 8/17/10 and went from 1 to 2 packs daily down to 1 pack every 3 days. On 9/5/10, I decided not to smoke any longer. So I have not had a cig since 9/5/10 at 7am. Previously I tried aversion therapy to stop smoking and it did not work at all. Tried cold-turkey a number of times without success. I tried the patch but although it helped some and I had a 6 month success, I found I was allergic to the adhesive and turned into 1 big hive that lasted almost a year after I stopped using the patch. Needless to say, I went back to smoking soon after I used the patch. I have the onset of COPD. Since I started vaping and NOT smoking, I have not had to use my inhalers except for a few times when I had a cold. Previously I was using them 2 to 4 times a day. I seem to be able to go longer between vapes when I need to, than I could when I smoked.