I loved to smoke. I never wanted to quit, honestly. I'd make half-hearted efforts now and again to appease mom, girlfriend, whatever, but never worked because I never really wanted it to. I had my first smoke at 12, I'm now 39. Was diagnosed with a heart problem a couple years ago, and apparently heart disease runs in the family anyway. Between the cardiologist and my mother, I was finally convinced that I had to do something to give up cigarettes. I tried the gum, the patch, skipped the pills (have you seen the list of side effects on those things? yikes), and to my amazement I finally found something that I enjoyed MORE than smoking. Seriously, how often did you used to visit forums about smoking cigarettes? I haven't had a smoke since my eGo kit arrived about a month and a half ago.