Can the 'ecigarette' actually help stop smoking?

Still addicted: E-cigarettes may help w/ decreasing the type of lung damage smoking does, but it does not decrease the addiction to nicotine, which probably increases the likelihood of relapse to regular cigarettes so i don't recommend gum or patch either. In addition, there are harmful chemicals released by e-cigarettes that are not in regular cigarettes. Best option is to quit. Find a smoking cessation program.

E-cigarettes.: Technically speaking, we don't really know the safety of those electronic cigarettes in the long term. But what they do help with is removing your emotional and mental attachment to actual cigarettes, which could ultimately help you quit everything. As well, there seem to be fewer ingredients in them; there are 42 carcinogens in cigarettes.