It's being called the new nicotine patch or gum.  An electronic cigarette that satisfies your nicotine craving and still lets you practice the act of smoking.  The health effects are still being debated and now so is using one in public places.  Black Hills FOX reporter Megan Palera joins us live with the story.  They first became popular in Europe and now e-cigarettes are making there way here indoors.  that has some people saying its time to put them out.  It's a quick fix for a habit that's hard to break.  Battery powered electronic cigarettes that look and act like the real thing without the harmful affects of smoking.  A couple of hits on this are enough to feed your nicotine craving for the day.  And although it might look like you're smoking that cloud is really just water vapor allowing you to take a drag at any public place.  Dorn says, "They can smoke 'em where they can't smoke now: restaurants, hotel rooms, bars, on airplanes, hospital areas."  But "vaping" as it's commonly referred to isn't making friends with everyone.  As they become more and more popular, many non-smokers are questioning the appropriateness of them.  For etiquette coach Lynne Hix, using an e-cigarette should be treated like a smoke break.  Hix says, "The smokeless cigarettes and smoking in the workplace is non-professional and could possibly make others around you feel uncomfortable."  The U.S. is still trying to figure out how to regulate the e-cigarette after the Food and Drug Administration said not enough is known about the effects of the devices.  Some cities and states have gone so far as to ban the use of e-cigarettes in "smoke-free" environments.  E-Cigarette starter kits run around 90-bucks.It'll come with a card explaining what an e-cigarette is just in case someone questions you about vaping indoors.

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