[Evans, Marv]

I haven't smoked for close to 50 years or more. I quit by tapering off over half a year or so. Seemed like the logical way to do it at that time and it worked. I did enjoy the activity of smoking but didn't like the other things - nicotine dependency, the smell & pervasiveness of it in my clothes and everything else, the fact it was not natural, & other factors. Seems to me vaping might be a decent approach to getting off nicotine, but for some it seems like a new, convenient, & less offensive way of continuing the dependency. I just objected to being a slave to something - even as a young person. I started because it was the thing to do at the time, and after a few years decided I didn't want to do it for the rest of my life.