I’ve smoked for 25 years. I didn’t expect electronic cigarettes to tempt me away from regular cigarettes since nothing I’d ever tried had. The gum burned my mouth, the patches and prescriptions did nothing (e-cig experience taught me I like the physical aspect of smoking). The first e-cig I tried didn’t tempt me at all, (it did, however, take me by surprise that I could blow something back out like smoking – that was a cool surprise) but it gave me incentive to try other flavors and styles. I researched their safety, after all there’s no sense in replacing one toxin for a worse one. I learned they tested to be far safer than cigarettes, and it appeared the studies were not influenced by profit, politics, or any other irrational influence. After getting one that I actually enjoyed (blueberry flavor), I found myself picking that up instead of the cigarette (I carried both so I always had a choice). For about 6 weeks I would count the number of cigarettes I’d smoked that week, it ranged from 3 – 7 cigarettes a week. Most of those were after dinner, in the morning with coffee. Very quickly I was down to just the first one in the morning w/ my coffee and one during my break at work with the other smokers. Eventually I found myself choosing the e-cig in those instances too. I never expected quitting results from e-cigs so I never tried to resist regular cigarettes – they simply tricked me into quitting. It’s been 15 weeks since my last cigarette – that’s amazing for me! I no longer care for blueberry, it’s always tobacco flavor with a little bit of menthol added. Sounds nutty, but I’m grateful for the scientist that came up with these. I am no longer winded, I feel so much better. My addiction was so strong that the anxiety created from not smoking is what made me give up on quitting. I apparently enjoy the physical aspect of smoking so my short term goal is to eliminate the nicotine, after that maybe the whole smoking/vaping thing. On the political side, I fear that my government will interfere with this product so badly that I won’t be able to continue my success. The pharmaceutical industry needs to pass the baton on the smoking cessation – this is a far better product. But even if a person doesn’t give up cigarettes for these, like I have, they can use them instead when cigarettes are not an option.