I previously smoked for 35 years. As a health professional I fully knew all the risks involved but yet I continued. Over the years I tried numerous things to stop smoking. I went to my first stop-smoking class after smoking only 4 years. At the time I thought 4 years was a lot, little did I know it would go on as long as it did. It makes me sad to think if I only knew during my first stop-smoking attempt this would be a battle that would go on for one-third of a century. Obviously that first attempt didn’t work for me. A few years later I tried hypnosis. Again, it didn’t keep me from not smoking. I was beginning to feel like a failure – other people did it, why not me. I knew how bad it was… Over the coming years I tried patches, gum and then Zyban and later on acupuncture and after that Chantix. The only success I ever had was when I became pregnant with my two kids. I stopped during my pregnancies but then found myself smoking, yet again. It got to the point where I’d gear up to quit yet again but felt defeated before even beginning, why would this time be different. To make a long story short, 6 months ago I tried an electronic cigarette. After I had that, I only smoked three more regular cigarettes before I finally threw that pack away. I’ve been able to adjust my nicotine, and I’m down to lower levels and doing just fine. I feel healthier. Plain and simple. This has been a God send.