Do e-cigarettes help smokers quit? As on-line forums are filling up with stories from former smokers who have switched to e-cigarettes, some unexpected results are surfacing. Tobacco consumers who have tried all the doctor prescribed treatments and suffered through ‘cold turkey’ experiences to no avail are finding that by substituting e-cigarettes for traditional cigarettes, they are finally able to get tobacco permanently out of their lives.

One story tells of a woman who was raised by smokers and started herself at 14 years old. She was haunted by her addiction, believing she was a ‘bad person’ because she smoked. She watched her father die of emphysema, smoking until the very end. She knew that she could meet the same fate if she didn’t quit soon. Her husband, who was also a smoker and trying to quit, called her excitedly one day to tell her to switch on the radio. There was a talk show about e-cigarettes, and she was so excited she rushed home and ordered some right away. From the time she received her starter kit to present, she has begun to do so many things she has wanted to do, but that her cigarette addiction has kept her from attempting. Although she admits to having a ‘vape’ from time to time, she no longer feels the stigma of being a ’smoker’ and is enjoying a healthy and productive life style.

Now that e-cigarettes have been on the market a while, people are starting to report their ‘anniversaries’ of tobacco-free living. One young man tells about his first anniversary without cigarettes, and recounts that although the switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes was easier than he thought, there were days when he was sorely tempted to go back to cigarettes. Thanks to the internet, he could use the support system available through e-cigarette forums for encouragement and now he can celebrate one year without ‘lighting up.’

Some success stories deal with the freedom that e-cigarettes have brought into smoker’s daily lives. One lady’s husband suffered a heart attack and had to be rushed to the hospital where he stayed for a week. She reported that without her e-cigarettes, she would have had a miserable time because there was no smoking allowed anywhere on the hospital grounds. But her e-cigarette posed no problems, in fact it attracted a lot of positive attention and she was able to spread the word to others interested in kicking the habit themselves or recommending e-cigarettes to smokers.

Many heavy smokers report that they are able to reduce a two pack a day habit to 3 to 7 ‘analogs.’ One young man reports he was just going to take ‘baby steps’ toward his addiction, but is thrilled to report that after just 2 months using e-cigarettes, he has quit tobacco. He claims he much healthier and energetic. Although his goal was not originally to quit smoking, it turns out that he is greatly encouraged about his ability have a nicotine-free life in the very near future.

Here are a few more success stories from vapors all over the world:

Joyce, Los Angeles, United States

I’ve been 3 months tobacco free and I consider this a great milestone. I used to be a smoker for 20+ years and I’ve attempted to quit several times but repeatedly failed leading me back to smoking the analogs because it’s hard to fight the cravings and break the habit. Thanks to my friend who introduced me e-cigarettes and made my switching easier. Thanks to my family and friends who supported me too all the way. And I am so thankful also to my online vaping friends who taught me a lot of things to work on with my first starter kit to my very first mod. You know who you are.

Charly, New York, United States

Heard about it over the news but I was hesitant to try e-cigs and thought of it as nothing but like the ordinary NRTs out there until my brother himself, who is a heavy smoker, used it and successfully wean off his smoking habits. Tried vaping his stuff and well, at first honestly, I found it nothing like just dragging in water and was not satisfied at all. Gave it a second try in another flavor and boom! That’s how I started. Step by step I eventually learned to give up my smoking habit and whole heartedly disposed my packs of cigarettes and lighters and started to collect bottles of e-juices and parts of my e-cigarettes instead. No regrets I’m now smoke free finally. I can say that there’s been a lot of changes happened to me since I switched. I can join fun runs now and has better eating appetite. I actually like it because I feel good about myself now. Whenever I pass by smoking areas I wanna throw up and puke. And with that, I think it just marks that I will never go back to my old habit again (fingers crossed)