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Sarasota clinic offers shot to stop smoking 

Then one day Smith saw an advertisement posted at work on a bulletin board for the American Medical Innovations or AMI Stop Smoking Clinic in Sarasota. The clinic helps people quit smoking with the use of a new shot developed by Dr. Kirk Voelker. Smith decided to give it a try.

Voelker's shot is not one of the new nicotine vaccines under development. But it is one of many options available to those seeking to quit, among them hypnosis, nicotine patches, accupuncture, inhalers, nasal sprays and prescription medications.

Smith is one of approximately 46 million people who smoke in the United States, according to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. . . .

News in May of a new nicotine vaccine brought hope to people struggling with trying to quit smoking. Cytos Biotechnology of Zurich; Xenova Group of Berkshire, England; Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Boca Raton.; and Prommune of Omaha, Neb., have all been testing their own version of a nicotine vaccine.

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