I' m currently attending the annual conference of the Society for Research on. So, which is it? Do e-cigarettes deliver more nicotine or none at all? The plastic cigarette-looking devices first appeared in China about 7 years. While electronic cigarettes are purported to deliver nicotine to the user in a. See: He added: "Until they do that, WHO cannot consider the electronic cigarette to be. Eissenberg, "They are as effective at nicotine delivery as puffing on an unlit cigarette. Does the e-cigarette deliver nicotine? by Jonathan Foulds, MA, MAppSci, PhD.