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Clicking together. i look to my left and i saw the swing ride it collapsed. all these people were there. i actually saw some one fall out of the cart. >> 18 people suffered minor injuries. one child sent to the hospital. the operator of the ride, stewart amusement, posted it believes mechanical failure is to blame. well, for smokers trying to kick the habit, e-cigarettes may be as effective as the nicotine patch. a study found 1/5 of smokers quit completely using either method in six months. those who use e-cigarettes took longer to relapse and were likely to cut their use of tobacco cigaret...

Rick: right. >> but it's a lot better than smoking cigarettes probably. but if you had the choice, i'd probably use a nicotine patch or some other delivery device. rick: the whole idea, dr. manny, of a so-called healthy cigarette, it sounds like an oxymoron. >> like a healthy hamburger. look, this is another gimmick by the tobacco companies. if you look at the rates of smoking in this country, about 50 million americans smoke, and we know for sure that, you know, nicotine is addictive, and in the multiple studies that very done looking at this specific device, the delivery system varies. you c...

Lighting them and potentially releasing cancer causing qualities of them the concern. here, you don't have many chemicals. you may have nicotine and may have chemicals that cause the vapor but still not enough data. >> so much, like the click of the top almost sounds like the old-fashioned lighter, the look and how they feel and faintly how they smell. could they be an effective aid to help people quit smoke like the nicotine patch or gum or something people could get addicted to, people start trying maybe wouldn't have been a smoker and they like it. >> i worry about the latter part what you'...

We don't know what the chemicals do for sure. probably there's still not enough data. >> so much, sanjay, about this, the click of the top almost sounds like the old fashioned lighter. the way they look, the way they feel, even faintly how they smell. could they be an effective aid to help people quit smoking like the nicotine patch or the gum or is this something that maybe, you know, people could get addicted to, people could start trying who maybe wouldn't have been a smoker and they like it. >> you know, i worry about the latter part of what you're saying. i think, first of all, there's tw...

It's going to make you sick. you both have tips for our viewers who are going to take our advice. >> yeah, i mean, i think people don't need to hear from me that smoking is not good for you. everyone thinks about lung cancer, but have you throat, bladder cancer, heart disease. everyone knows this. the question is, how do you get rid of this? what we know that is that the fda is going easy with the nicotine patch. they let you use it beyond the 12 weeks of regulation, hoping to reduce the risk of smoking. one thing i found out is something called lobelia tea t. blocks the receptors of dopamine ...