My e-cig was probably one of the best and most life-changing purchases I ever made.
I'm 35, I smoked from the age of 12, smoking 20-30 a day since my late teens, always strong fags or thick well packed rollies, viewed anything with "Mild" written on the packet as a waste of time. I considered fags as essential, couldn't picture life without them. I had tried all the recommended NRT, cold turkey, Allen Carr, locking cigarettes in cars, drawers and cupboards and none of it worked.
Early this year, I was waiting for a friend in a shopping centre and feeling bored, I sampled and then bought a Ego starter kit out of curiosity from a stall in the mall and my ciggy consumption dropped overnight to 3 or 4 a day and gradually dropped of completely over the next month or two.
The very idea of putting a rolled up tube of leaves in my mouth and setting fire to it and breathing horrible tasting smelly smoke into my lungs would almost make me vomit now. I still vape but have found I use it less than I did and I have cut back on the strength of the liquid and am confident I will stop it completely in time.
I'm sure there is some risks to using one but based on how I feel it's less harmful than smoking by a factor of thousands and if this is the price I need to pay to not smoke, then so be it. I've never felt so fit and healthy.