China Perfects The Electronic Cigarette

Smoking cessation tools are usually chemical in nature, but if you want to kill one addiction with another, here’s the gadget you need: China’s electronic cigarette. Created by the Golden Dragon Group — now there’s a name that says "we know vice" — the device is a kind of high-end nicotine inhaler gussied up to […]

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Smoking cessation tools are usually chemical in nature, but if you want to kill one addiction with another, here's the gadget you need: China's electronic cigarette. Created by the Golden Dragon Group — now there's a name that says "we know vice" — the device is a kind of high-end nicotine inhaler gussied up to resemble the real thing, right down to giving the smoker a lungful of (safe) smoke to swim in.

They even found a dead ringer for Michael Biehn (this lookalike turns out to be the importer's ice President, Scott Fraser!) to make it look fashionable. Because, as we all know, smoking is cool!

Chinese "e-cigarette" helps you stub out the habit [Reuters]