I have smoked for 35 years a pack of 25 high strength cigarettes a day. I have tried the patch, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenge, Chantix, as well as another pill alternative to stop smoking. None of these were successful for me. I tried to quit smoking several times over the years. I saw a film with Johnny Depp called The Tourist this is how I first found out about the electronic cigarette. It looked realistic and something I could use with out effecting others around me. So I dabbled with trying different electronic cigarettes. I tried many and settled with the Ego line of products. I have been using the Ego line for the past year I have not smoked in my home for several years and smoking outside in winter was getting tough on me. I stay in hotels with my job and used the electronic cigarette in my room as I didn’t want to constantly be going outside to smoke a traditional cigarette. This helped socialize me to this alternative slowly at my pace. I have a good job and my Manager informed me that smoking in my work vehicle was not allowed. So as of March 17th I gave up tobacco cigarettes completely and only vape now. Its been almost three months for me I am doing fine with this change. I used to constantly clear my throat cough constantly experience shortness of breath as well. I also worried endlessly about cancer. But these symptoms of smoking have cleared up for me and I feel healthy again. I live in Canada I vape almost everywhere as restaurants, shopping centers, work even hospitals while visiting family. Electronic cigarettes are sold here in drug stores and convenience stores but its nicotine free. I order my nicotine locally and use a strength of 24 mg and it seems to work at keeping me tobacco free. My addiction is to nicotine not tobacco anyway. But also my addiction is mental in a way where I must simulate the act of smoking which the electronic cigarette does for me. If this product was banned I would likely go back to traditional cigarettes as I can’t seem to break the addiction and simply can’t seem to stop the habit of the smoking itself this alternative covers all this feeling which gum,patch,lozenge and pills do not address. I would hope that the electronic cigarette would be studied better and is the best alternative I have used and will not even consider going back to traditional cigarettes while I have this alternative. If the electronic cigarette is banned I will go back to smoking tobacco and will certainly die as I won’t quit smoking it seems. I would rather vape now.