Do E-Cigarettes Really Works??

I understand that smoking is probably the hardest, among human being's bad habits, to get rid off. Do you know about electronic cigarettes? I don't believe that this is a good way for you to quit. The fact is, I never tried it before so I can't comment any further either it works or not.

"E-cigarettes were invented by Hon Lik of electronics company Ruyan in Beijing, China. Ruyan sold its first electronic cigarette in May 2004, and e-cigarettes have been growing in popularity ever since. Accurate figures are hard to come by, but Ruyan - the world's biggest manufacturer - claims to have sold over 300,000 in 2008. Smart Smokers, one company which sells Ruyan's cigarettes in the UK, says sales are rising exponentially. In the US, hit TV show The Doctors featured the e-cigarette in the top 10 health trends of 2008. In a world where smoking is increasingly socially unacceptable, the e-cigarette looks like a success story in the making.

It is believed that these electronic smoking products will change greatly the whole life of the world in the future, and these words or expression are becoming and will become more and more popular in the every day's life of the world. So far so good. But are e-cigarettes really less harmful than the real thing? Have you tried it? What do you think about it?