I’ve been smoking 1-2 packs a day for 15 years. I tried a few different tricks with the thought of possibly quitting, but still never went a day without smoking at least a full pack if not more. I never REALLY wanted to quit, I enjoyed it too much and fully expected to die in terrible health with a cigarette in hand. I did try medication, Welbutrin, which was said to help with cravings. It made the cigarettes taste weird but I quickly got over that without slowing down my smoking at all. I also tried some of the 1st-generation e-cigs when they came out. I used them daily, but continued to smoke just as much as before. I stopped using them after a few months because I just didn’t like them much and I wasn’t even tempted to use them if I was at home or in my car, or anywhere else that a real cigarette could be had. A few years went by without me even attempting to control my smoking. A few months ago, my girlfriend bought herself a refillable liquid-style e-cig and convinced me to do the same. I wasn’t enthusiastic. I was sure that I wouldn’t like it and that it was a waste of money. At first, I really didn’t like it. I ended up having to use it regularly because my work situation had changed and I was unwilling to risk getting fired just for smelling like cigarettes. Now I feel like the e-cig has completely changed my life. Once I proved to myself that I could work all day and night straight- through without a single cigarette, the way that I viewed smoking began to change. At first, I just made it through my workday and smoked as much as I wanted once I was home. After a couple weeks, I began to realize that I didn’t need or even really want those cigarettes. I have somehow managed to essentially quit smoking without even trying. I never intended to quit. When I announced that I was down to only a single pack a day, I joked that I didn’t get a gold star until I hit half a pack. Then, somehow, in just a few weeks with no stress and no anxiety or cravings I found that I didn’t care to smoke at all.