We understand who electronic cigarettes work. They vaporise a liquid that contains a nicotine flavouring (and sometimes even nicotine) to simulate the smoke that you would inhale with a real cigarette. We’re wondering if anyone tried it and can tell us, one way or the other, whether they really work?

We get bombarded with emails asking us to promote these fake fags but we have no clue whether they are a rip off or not. Our interest was recently peaked when it was announced Charlie Sheen is to put his name to a new range of electronic cigarettes called the NicoSheen.

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Here’s the Wikipedia definition:

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is the use of various forms of nicotine delivery methods intended to replace nicotine obtained from smoking or other tobacco usage.

These products are intended for use in smoking cessation efforts to help deal with withdrawal symptoms and cravings caused by the loss of nicotine from cigarettes.

Several forms of NRT have been marketed, including the nicotine patch, inhaler, nasal spray, gum, sublingual tablet, and lozenge.

NRT is thought to be useful and beneficial for tobacco users who want to quit their addiction and is for most people perfectly safe. Cigarettes on the other hand cause the early deaths of about 5 million people each year.

These people are not killed by the nicotine in the cigarette, but by other constituents of tobacco smoke such as Carbon Monoxide and tars. It is the nicotine that keeps the smoker addicted. Cigarettes can be viewed as a “dirty” and dangerous method of delivering nicotine, while NRT is a “clean” and safe method.