I'm sorry Tom, I wish I could. I got the info. from my daughter who read it in a newspaper and relayed it to me several years ago. This was after I had started to cure myself by smoking.

What happened was I had been ill for 7 years with UC and the only way I could go anywhere was if I didn't eat anything after lunch the day before. One day I ran into a old client and told her about my problem and it turned out that she and 2 of her neighbours had had the same experience. They had all quit on the same day and started bleeding from the bowel within 2 weeks. Two of them quit the medication (a sulfer compound which seemed to make things worse) and started smoking again and their health improved, the UC went away. My old client only smokes one a day but if she quits, the UC comes back.

The woman who continued with the meds. and didn't smoke had to have her bowel removed.

I decided to try it. I figured that if it didn't work I'd could always quit again. But it did work and I told my daughter about it and she found the article in the paper and phoned me with the news.

Since then I have heard many stories of people becoming ill with a variety of ailments after quitting smoking.

Smoking and Nicotine do not cure UC. No one should start smoking thinking it will help only to deal with many other negative consequences. This is what's known. There is a greater percentage of Crohn's patients who smoke than in the average population. However that is not true for UC patients. And there is evidence that ceasing to smoke has precipitated UC in some patients. But the reason for that is most likely due to increased stress and tension brought on by the nicotine withdrawal. Those who rely on smoking to relax should see some benefits, so you have a tough choice to make about deciding to quit. If you don't smoke now, there is little to gain by starting. Nicotine is also a powerful stimulate, this heightens the sensitivity of the nerves in the bowel, increasing your pain and discomfort. Any stimulant will also cause more intestinal activity and more frequent bowel movements, both very undesirable in UC patients. Nicotine also constricts the blood supply, and as a result it could mean less bleeding. Take away the nicotine, your circulation will return to normal, and it could mean more bleeding. So it could bring some relief in that regard. However poor circulation also means less oxygen to the cells and less healing ability, all of which contribute to unhealthy intestines. So there are your choices. Choose well.

I also wanted to mention to use caution when following the SCD diet. Many of us cannot tolerate some of the things in that diet. I will not stay in remission if I follow it.
And I've read many horror stories about people who tried to follow it and ended up in the hospital requiring surgery to recover from the damage. Now the SCD diet, and other diets, will help you avoid many thing which are positively bad for you, so its a good start. But there are also things prohibited by SCD that I can tolerate perfectly fine. The best thing to do is your own trial and error as to which foods trigger your symptoms.

yeh, you are right. My naturopathist has cured some people here in Greece with smoking. For some of his patients smoking was life-saving.Though I'm on the way of healing with other methods.
As I have written long before, smoking may be somebody's cure.