I began smoking at age 16. Only about 5 cigarettes a day, but eventually was smoking 30 (1.5 packs) per day. When I was 17 I successfully quit smoking tobacco for 2 months. This is the longest I have ever been able to quit smoking for out of the 10 or so times I have attempted to quit… That is, until I discovered the beneficial Electronic Cigarette! I first tried one that a friend had over 3 years ago and thought it was pretty cool. Roughly 2.5 years ago, I decided to try to quit smoking so I purchased