You or a loved one might be one of the million-people across the country who are using electronic cigarettes to try to quit smoking cigarettes. Last month, the F.D.A. annnounced, it plans to regulate "e-cigarettes" as cigarettes products and not as a drug-delivery device. Freda Souligny says Hollywood influenced her to start smoking cigarettes at just 13. She had a pack-a-day habit for 61 years. She stopped when emphysema led her to electronic cigarettes two months ago. "This made the transition . I didn't feel this horrible withdrawal. Battery-operated, e-cigarettes deliver nicotine vapor through an adjustable cartridge, and cost about $60 to start. Freda kicked her habit by slowly cutting the nicotine dose over several weeks. But smoking cigarettes cessation experts say e-cigarettes can give smoke cigarettesrs a false sense of victory over their addiction. "With the e-cigarette, it's basically picking it up and putting it in your mouth and you're not really breaking the habit of quitting smoking cigarettes," said health educator Blanca Sciara, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Northeast Fresno. Sciara said patients in Kaiser's "Quit Smoking Program" have more success when they pair an alternative like e-cigarettes with classes designed to support their effort to kick the habit. Freda Souligny: "To me ... It's just been miraculous. Miraculous -- or smoke cigarettes-and-mirrors? Smoking cessation experts say it really doesn't matter as long as you quit.