For the high-tech smoker who'd rather not be a smoker...

If you're a smoker and you're looking to quit, but you find cold turkey too cold, nicotine patches too uncomfortable as the weather gets warmer, and nicotine inhalers lacking in power, then check out the Electronic Cigarette. It's electronic.

It looks just like a cigarette. It glows just like a cigarette. It even allows you to inhale smoke-like vapors. And, of course, it's expensive like cigarettes, too: $200 for one.

China's Golden Dragon Group has introduced the first ever electronic cigarette. This "electronic cigarette" is really just a battery-powered nicotine inhaler that looks like a cancer stick. The device even emits vapors to give you that smoker look. The e-cigarette is already available in China, Israel, Turkey and some European countries and by the proven financial success the device should be coming Stateside to compete with the heavy hitters like Pfizer and Novartis in the nicotine-replacement market. This first gadget to assist in quitting, but it may be the best.

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