Can electronic cigarettes help you to stop smoking?

Most probably, electronic cigarettes can be used as part of a program to stop smoking.   

At the moment, the seller of these e-cigarettes are not able to advertise this point. This is because the FDA has not yet approved electronic cigarettes for use to stop smoking. They can only promote it as a healthier alternative to smoking and for people who want to smoke in public places. 

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Electronic cigarettes are basically an alternative nicotine delivery system. So they can be used effectively as part of a stop smoking program, just like the way nicotine gum, patches and inhalers are used. 

Electronic cigarette nicotine cartridges come in several different nicotine levels - high, medium, low, and zero nicotine.  As such, a person could slowly wean themselves from their nicotine addiction by progressively lowering their intake levels.  It's useful to take note that even a cartridge with the highest nicotine level still delivers much less nicotine than a normal cigarette. 

It is still too early to say for sure  whether one can stop smoking using the electronic cigarette. This is because there are no organized research studies that have been done.  However, from listening to people and going to forums, it would seem that there are many who have successfully stopped smoking for good using these electronic cigarettes.   

Since there are no clinical studies done, we will have to rely on testimonials and our own  judgement.  Do your own research.  Then you will be able to make an intelligent decision for yourself and decide if this should be the way to use to stop smoking. 

To stop smoking is not easy and no device, even one as promising as the electronic cigarette is going to be a magic bullet that can make a smoker quit overnight.  To be successful in stopping, you need to have a strong determination to stop.  If you really wants to quit, then the electronic cigarette may prove to be very helpful in realizing your goal. 

But if smokers do not want to stop smoking, electronic cigarette smoking can be a healthier alternative than normal cigarettes.