Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2009-11-17
Author: Ryan Kisiel and Kate Loveys
Intro: Smokers could soon break their habit with a jab that stops nicotine from being addictive by preventing it from entering the brain, scientists claimed.
As a result the vaccine stops the smoker from deriving any pleasure from inhaling a cigarette. In human trials the vaccine proved successful in 50 per cent of cases.
Help: Smokers could quit using the vaccine that stops nicotine entering the brain
This would help relieve the NHS of the heavy burden of tobacco-related diseases. . . .
The product, called NicVAX is likely to open a new front in the tobacco wars.
They are many products currently on the market to help people quit smoking such as nicotine patches, and gum.
But many of the existing smoking cessation products are failing to prevent many people from returning to their tobacco habits.
NicVAX is the first product that prevents smokers from returning to their habit with others just stopping their immediate tobacco use.
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