welcome to the forum! I have seen these myself in the malls, they look interesting. I'm not a smoker personally, so I cant speak from experience however a co worker of mine recently purchased this and is using it with the patch to learn to quit...part of stopping smoking is quitting the habit period..you're used to that action of inhaling and a friend of mine said it was hard enough just to learn to quit that habit plus that with the nicotine cravings make it nearly impossible..I think this is a fantastic idea though, this coupled with the gum or the patch can probably make it alittle easier to quit...good luck!

I myself am a heavy smoker and have been smoking for 30 years. I have tried quitting a number of times with no success.
Since trying the electronic cigarette I have almost completely Quit Smoking in a few days, It has been my personal experience that within 24-48 hours after you start using electronic cigarettes and stop smoking traditional cigarettes you will start to feel better, you will have more energy, be more alert. I can not say that everyone will feel the same as I did, but think about it !
Once you stop continually taking in all the carcinogens and chemicals produced by traditional cigarettes and start taking in more oxygen it only makes sense .
I also noticed within 6 hours of using electronic cigarettes, I decided to have a traditional cigarette real Smoke
First off the real smoke tasted dull and flavourless, it made my mouth feel dirty and pasty. I instantly felt tired and heavy, my head felt dizzy. The longer I went between having a real smoke these feelings increased every time would try to have a real smoke, and my desire to smoke a traditional cigarette decreased.

I'm trying using the electronic cigarettes . So far, I have considerably cut my tobacco cigarette consumption, and I'm enjoying the various flavors without second hand smoke.

The best replacement I know for smoking cigarettes are electronic cigarettes. Benefits of its are multiple: no secondhand smoke, bad breath, yellow teeth, smoke stains on walls. Its still give me my relaxing nicotine. I use them for 2 weeks and I’m very satisfied with the results. Advantage is that you save money and health problems. Try it!

Another 30 year heavy smoker here. Started using the electronic cigarette 57 days ago and have not had a 'real' cigarette in about 54 days. Almost painless. Now its not like smoking exactly but close enough to get you through.

HTH