Interesting thread. I quit smoking (30 year habit) in Sept. 2012 using chantix. Got over the nicotine pretty easy, but missed the lifestyle. By February of 2013 I was really missing it, even dreaming of smoking. In March 2013 I learned my father (an ex-smoker) had lung cancer with only months to live. With the added stress and being around family members that smoked, I was afraid of what might happen. I picked up a Blu kit and it kept me off the cigarettes. I moved on to White Clouds and an Ego and now enjoy vaping guilt free. My father passed in May of last year, my mother passed 4 months later. Without ecigs, I don't think I could have stayed off smokes.