I actually saw an ad for these yesterday and did some research and ended up buying them for my dad. On the other hand Health Canada has already 'banned' E-cigar

I actually saw an ad for these yesterday and did some research and ended up buying them for my dad. On the other hand Health Canada has already 'banned' E-cigarettes in Canada citing possible nicotine poisoning, and addiction. (http://tinyurl.com/pqmmnm http://tinyurl.com/pqmmnm) I decided to buy them anyways because my dad has already been smoking for years and hasn't been able to quit. The only issue is whether they are similar enough to normal cigarettes to act as a replacement. At the very least these devices will allow smokers the hit they need without consuming a majority of the toxic chemicals normally found in a cigarette. In fact the regulation is almost hypocritical since its hard to imagine how these devices could be as bad as normal cigarettes (maybe plastic, and water turn out to be lethal carcinogens). One issue I foresee is taxation, these devices as they are now won't replace nicotine patches or gums (theoretically they could incrementally lower the nicotine content over time), but they could replace cigarettes since they mimic a lot of the sensations.