Unfortunately, I began using tobacco as a child. I would dabble with collecting cigarette butts from the adults I knew. This was when I was as young as seven. By eleven years of age, I was smoking most every weekend, and by twelve, I was smoking everyday. I was able to quit at age seventeen by using smokeless tobacco (Kodiak), but soon it began to make my mouth sore. I tried various brands of smokeless tobacco and chewing tobacco. When one would cause me trouble, I’d switch to another. One thing remained constant, I was a tobacco user. By age 23, I began to smoke again (Girls didn’t seem to agree w/ chewing tobacco), and smoked daily about 1.5 packs until age 39. Smoking seemed to have a bad effect on my wife’s allergies, so I switched back to smokeless tobacco for five years. On a whim, I picked up a disposable electronic cigarette on 12.31.2011, and it was the last time I had tobacco of any sort. It is now 07.29.2013, and I have though I started with 18mg of nicotine, I have effectively reduced this down to 6mg. This is the longest I’ve ever gone without tobacco (Since age eleven and I’m now in my mid forties). I feel much better. My breathing is much clearer, and have more energy. Food also taste stronger. I have also been able to maintain a healthier weight this time (I was 218, and am now 190lbs). I do not think I would have been able to have this type of success without electronic cigarettes. It would be a shame if others were not able to have the access that I had to these products. Thank you for your time.