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E-Cigarettes, Explained

For more than 50 years, Frank Sparks smoked traditional cigarettes. Sparks, now 64, said he was 62 when he knew it was time to quit. “I couldn’t run down the block without losing my breath,” Sparks said. Within three days of stumbling upon e-cigarettes, Sparks -- a former Navy SEAL and a resident of California -- stopped smoking traditional cigarettes and hasn’t sparked one up since.