Currently I prefer e4.
I checked the success rates for white and black at one of the world's biggest game bases at chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer
As you can see with 1.e4 white has a little greater chances to win compared to 1.d4. But what is also interesting is that the win rate for black after 1.e4 is significantly greater than 1.d4 - almost with 4%. So maybe the conclusion is if you want to win play 1.e4, if you don't want to lose play 1.d4.
Anyway the statistics provides by the site are from games by chess masters and advanced players. For players like me (I am about 1500 rating) I think it is better to play 1.e4 because, as @Pavel_Lechev already mentioned below, it leads to more open and tactical positions, which are great way for the novice player to learn tactics.