80 days so far smoke free [View all]

I smoked 2 packs of Camel Crush every day and have smoked cigarettes for over 40 years.

I had previously tried on several occasions to quit but nothing worked. A few years back I tried an ecig, but found them too messy and time consuming to deal with, plus the batteries were awful and never lasted more than an hour or two.

I had read that ecigs have much improved over the past few years and decided to give it another try, so I bought a "cigalike" Halo G6 in early December, then moved up to the Halo Triton shortly thereafter. The batteries are now very good and the juices (especially Halo) are a lot better than they were when I tried them the first time and they tasted like stale chemicals.

I immediately stopped smoking real cigs and really haven't craved one at all since switching to ecigs in early December. I told my doctor and despite some stories that ecigs have not been studied enough to be declared "safe", he applauded it and encouraged me to keep with it. Basically he said that with a real cig there are over 4,000 chemicals you are inhaling and with an ecig there are none of those chemicals present.

No more wheezing, no more coughing in the morning, no more sucking wind on my daily 2 mile walks. I feel at least 20 years younger.