[dr4g0n]

As a smoker currently trying to quit, this is particularly relevant to me at the moment. The problem with nicotine patches is that they only deal with the actual "physical" addiction, not the "psychological" addiction to the experience of smoking. I've been using nicotine patches for a while now, yet I still find myself holding things between my fingers, or chewing pens.

This is the huge advantage of an electronic cigarettte, it deals with both aspects; it does so a lot better than those nicotine "inhalers" that they have because of the look & feel of them and the appearance of the vapour they produce.

The downside to all nicotine replacement therapies is that nicotine is a pretty bad irritant; you can't wear a patch in the same place two days in a row and the gum can cause really sore throats and even mess with your digestive system. This is also an issue that most people overlook with the e-cigarettes, the nicotine in an e-cigarette concentrated enough to cause irritation of the throat and lungs, much like smoking. Obviously e-cigarettes are not dangerous in the way that cigarettes are, but if people think they're safe and decide to use them in the longer term there may be unexpected issues ahead.

[fallinghawks]

Have you tried (gawd, I sound like an advertisement) Chantix? That med worked great for me, relatively speaking -- kept me off for 8 months (took the med for 2.5 months). A significant part of the program is developing alternative habits in response to stress and other such things that would usually cause you to light up. Admittedly, that part of it failed for me, but that was a combination of my own fault and the circumstance of a breakup, which gave me a pretty high stress level.

[dr4g0n]

I will look into it, seems promising.

Thanks!