I started smoking occassionally at age 16. The amount and frequency increased gradually over the years until at age 35, I was a daily smoker smoking on the average, a half pack a day. I continued this for 25 years until I discovered electronic cigarettes. The first ones I tried, a year and half ago, were the ones that look and taste like cigarettes. I tried a couple and did not find them satisfying, so I stopped buing them after only a few weeks. Then about 6 months ago, a friend of mine was ‘vaping’. I tried it and liked it! I started vaping while continuing to smoke for about 3 months. Gradually the amount of cigareettes I smoked decreased, until about 3 months ago, when I completely gave up cigarettes. I like the taste of vaping better than cigarettes now and feel much better than I did while smoking cigarettes.