Smoked till I was 30, then bought a Vapor Zeus and worked myself down from 24mg to 0mg over a course of a year. Stuck to a Virginia tobacco flavor. At the end of the year, I looked at it and realized I didn't really need it. Two years later I took it up again, constantly surrounded by smokers at work. This year I went with Champix. So far so good, after the first few days after quitting the desire fades and the taste turns your stomach a little. It's awesome you learned to make your own juices, I'd considered it, but finding pharmaceutical grade nicotine without a pharmacist or lab license is damn near in possible, my e-juices kept getting confiscated at the border 😕