Study finds E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit

[tortoise1956]

7. It worked for me

I haven't used tobacco since April 2013 (from the first day I picked up an e-cig), and I haven't used an e-cig since June 2013. The best part is that I rarely get cravings for tobacco, and when I do, they are nowhere near as bad as I remember them from the 1990's (the last time I quit - for more than 4 years).

My wife, who has COPD, didn't achieve the same results from e-cigs that I did, but she has quit smoking tobacco after more than 40 years. She still uses her e-cig occasionally, but her breathing is much better than when she used tobacco.

I know of several (4) people at work who have transitioned from tobacco to e-cigs. One of them quit completely, the others are still using e-cigs. They tell me that they are breathing better, which agrees with what I found. I personally know of 2 people who tried e-cigs but weren't able to quit tobacco.

So, my personal findings are:
8 subjects
2 quit completely
4 quit tobacco but still use e-cigs
2 still use tobacco

That's a 75% success rate in quitting smoking tobacco, and a 25% success rate in quitting completely. I think that both these numbers are better than other programs, but that is only my opinion.

Edited to add: these are all people who wanted to quit smoking tobacco. I'm not sure how many of them wanted to quit using nicotine in all forms, but for the sake of simplicity I will assume that we all were.