Electronic Cigarette for Nicotine delivery

I just read this article on e-cigs at CNN.com...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/08/e.cigarette/index.html?hpt=Sbin

As mentioned in the article (quoting a researcher at VCU):

"They are as effective at nicotine delivery as puffing on an unlit cigarette," said Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, at the school's Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies.

His study, funded by the federal National Cancer Institute, is the first by U.S. doctors to check the function of so-called "no-smoke tobacco" devices, which are unregulated in the United States for sale or use.

Proof is in the pudding. No clue what that means, but seemed appropriate. Has it helped you yet?

Please re-read my post of Posted 2/6/2010 8:50 AM (GMT -10)

Respectfully snipped from potato's post: "It was completely shocking to me that the main speaker at an IBD seminar in Denver in Nov. stated that people who quit smoking, got UC then started smoking again had their symptoms relieved in TWO days! I couldn't believe my ears and had to ask my husband, who also went, if I heard right. The doctor was a well known GI from Chicago, I think, and the seminar was apparently sponsored by Lialda."

I am a prime example of this. I quit smoking after almost 40 years, and within 4 months of quitting, developed pancolitis that had me totally scared and panicked. Had to have an emergency colonoscopy. I was put on Asacol plus the prednisone suppositories, and it wasn't helping. Diarrhea 15 times a day. I couldn't leave the house. Severe cramping after food ingestion. I lost weight rapidly, but did make sure I got plenty of liquids down me to prevent dehydration. That's enough of a description I think.

I began online research looking for relief. Uncovered several legit websites that spoke to nicotine's affect on UC. It bowled me over. Also explained to me how I'd contracted UC in the first place. I can promise you my quitting smoking was a total success. I was thrilled to be a non-smoker after several unsuccessful attempts in the past. It took me 3 days to decide to start smoking again, a decision I've always had regrets about, and yet, 3 days later, most all of my symptoms were relieved. It took more time for the cramping to go away, but to have an end to the awful diarrhea was a blessing. I may have even cried, having felt I'd been given such a difficult choice. All I knew was that I couldn't live with UC at the level I had it.

So how's the smoking working for me? The above incident happened in 2007. Since then I've had 2 minor attacks of UC, so minor as to be insignificant. The 2nd. attack gave me 3 loose movements for 1 day. This was preceded by a painful rash on one of my ankles, erythema nodosum--self diagnosed because I failed to mention it to the doctor when I went in. Also, at the time, I had no idea it too was connected to my UC. The 3rd. consisted of two days of cramping, no rash, no loose movements.

I'm ecstatic about my UC now being a piece of cake, but I would also like to quit smoking. The thing is I don't have health insurance. I would consider the e-cigarettes if I hear enough positive remission reports from UC sufferers.

I will say this. If you are a UC sufferer, and former smoker, don't even think of starting up smoking again unless your UC is so bad you are trapped at home for several months, and with seemingly no relief in sight, and you feel your health is rapidly deteriorating. That is where I was.

I don't see an edit icon so I did want to say the emergency colonoscopy was an emergency in my mind. Obviously the gastro doc had seen it many, many times before. I was 2 mos. into the flare when I took up smoking again. I was also very weak, tired all the time, and couldn't function at even a fraction of my former daily existence which including lots of walking and cycling.

i have noticed the blood gone, or very minimal though(sorry no edit button)

found it :)! Guess I wasn't looking hard enough