William Saletan, who must have just a bit of a nicotine jones, gives an extended if not long-winded thumbs up to the latest thing in club gear, electronic cigarettes. I’m not interested enough to actually figure out how the damn things work, but Saletan, who earlier waxed eloquent on new smokeless tobacco products that “consist of dissolvable pellets or tiny pouches of tobacco that reside invisibly in the mouth and induce no spitting,” appears enthusiastic.