After smoking for over half my life, now I quit smoking with the help of ecig!!!! Now many of my friends switch to ecig also.
I turned 50 last year. I have smoked since i was 12. I have tried stopping at least twice a year for the last 25 years. I have used Zyban which took away the will to live and made me almost suicidal, Champix which I loved for the feeling of euphoria it gave me but had no effect on my smoking,gum which I became addicted to in addition to cigarettes, inhalers to no effect and patches - high strength double and even triple patching. My biggest success to date has been 2 months of misery without a cigarette. I carry the alpha 1 gene which makes it highly likely that i will develop COPD. See http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency . I have watched relatives die so I am highly motivated to stop smoking. I purchased an e-cigarette without any high expectations of success. I stopped smoking on first the day I tried it. This was an effortless transition. New Zealand is in a unique position to lead the world in this in that it is free from the pressure from the cigarette companies and pharmaceuticals experienced by some of the larger western economies. If our government is serious about tackling the scourge of smoking then they should spend 1% of the tax take on tobacco to produce research that will enable regulated and safe ecigarettes to be produced.Come on New Zealand take the same kind of stand you took with nuclear power and go against the stream.
Re Maria's comment aboveI imagine that you would see a lot of the results of tobacco smoking - not nice. I have been using an e-cig for a while now in the hope of getting off altogether soon. I think e-cigs great for those who want to quite smoking and those who just want to stop smoking tobacco, I mean, even if they cannot get off nicotine at least they don't have all the damaging chemicals and gases that comes with tobacco smoking. As far as cost is concerned, that should not be an problem, a full e-cig kit that will go for over a month will only be about the price of a carton of smokes, 10 packets, $120, which is 1-2 weeks worth for 15-30 a day smoker. Contact on 0211637438 if you want more information.