Hi Liam, I agree with FC. I've been on here for 8 1/2 years and haven't seen anyone from across the pond although I did 5 or 6 business trips to Windsor when I was working taking up residence in Windsor Castle Hotel.
My history was of a 43 year, 2.5 PAD smoking history. Was talked into trying an e cig back in '09 by my gf. It got me down to about 6 cigarettes a day for about six months. Around that time the cigarette count started climbing a bit and I thought the quit attempt would go down like the other two dozen or so attempts I had lost in the past.
I talked with a fellow who was talking about this strange sounding stuff that I had never heard of and got directed over to the dark side. Completely propagandized to the fact that smokeless was worse than smoking but persuaded by what I was hearing, particularly the "no spitting" effect of snus, I decided to investigate.
I did about a month of researching the medical stuff and was convinced to try it. Unfortunately, it was nowhere to be found in the States. I finally decided to put in a big order, around $200, of a variety of rolls from Sweden. Waiting for it to arrive, a convenience store got the US made Camel snus and I bought a can. That was Feb 15th of '10. As bad as it was compared to Swedish snus, that signified the moment I no longer needed even a single cigarette and I haven't had one since.
Now I'm not saying the habit was totally crushed as, on occasion, something inside would get that craving. However I crushed that with nasal snuff that I had tried by reference from fellow snusers. It's now been years since I have even had those cravings. I still
vape very infrequently, most often in a pub. I usually go
through a can of 24 in around 4 days or so. I was at 3-4 portions for years but that edged up to 5 or 6 do mostly to looking for some flavor and I generally snus 7/24 as I like my dream state on snus.
Hope that helps.