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People using electronic cigarettes, called "vaping," say the gadgets help them quit smoking. Critics call that a smokescreen for the risks.

A new study, the most rigorous and long-term to date, finds nicotine gum and patches to be of little benefit in smoking cessation.

Anti-smoking advocates are in an uproar after Philip Morris International Inc. CEO Louis C. Camilleri claimed that cigarettes, though harmful and addictive, are "not that hard" to quit.

E-cigarettes use the heat of an atomizer to deliver nicotine in vapor form

In existence for about three years, the electronic cigarette is a revolutionary device developed to allow smokers to continue smoking or help them quit smoking, but with either none or vastly reduced health concerns. According to many electronic cigarette distributers, the electronic cigarette has a very high successful rate for quitting smoking altogether.