The electronic cigarette is a device that acts much the same way an ordinary tobacco cigarette would, but rather than using toxic smoke to deliver the nicotine, it produces vaporized nicotine. The Electronic Cigarette provides all the same affects of nicotine, less the toxins in cigarettes. Although new, the e-cigarette may be the answer for those of us who want to smoke, but do not want to shorten their life span as a result of the smoking.