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Until I got the e-cig, I had not ever gone more than 36 hours without a smoke, ever -- I smoked through colds, flus, and everything -- for 30+ years. But once I got the e-cig, I've gone ten days without a cigarette, without even really trying to quit. Now I have maybe one or two regular cigarettes a day, down from 2 packs a day. But many people have quit smoking altogether with the e-cig. I just haven't really tried to quit for good yet.

Wow, that's pretty amazing. So many smokers don't want to be smokers, but it's just too hard to quit. I was told when I was quite young that my lungs had dark spots on them and emphysema was in my future. I was a bit freaked out, but it STILL took me seven years to quit. Just an insidious curse of an addiction. I'll pass along the e-cig info to anyone I know that still smokes. The things you learn on FreeRepublic.:)

"So many smokers don't want to be smokers, but it's just too hard to quit. I was told when I was quite young that my lungs had dark spots on them and emphysema was in my future. I was a bit freaked out, but it STILL took me seven years to quit. Just an insidious curse of an addiction."

Usually, it takes something that scares you into quitting -- a health scare (like a spot on your lungs)or a bout of flu that hits your lungs, a family member or friend dying of lung cancer -- something that's a big buzzer wake-up call. Because without that scaring you out of complacency, quitting smoking really is too hard to do.

But in all honesty, this e-cig was the easiest thing. It's the first time in my life that I have really believed that quitting smoking is possible for me, even if I haven't completely done it yet. Before this, all the private conversations between me & me, was that quitting smoking was never really going to happen for me on my own.

I'll pass along the e-cig info to anyone I know that still smokes. The things you learn on FreeRepublic.:)

Yes, I'll always be grateful to Randall Flagg and the other Freepers who pointed me in the right direction on this!