Wanna quit smoking? There’s a shot for that November 13, 2009
Posted by Jolie McCullough in study, vaccine.Tags: nicotine, nicVAX, smoking, study, vaccine
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In a world where we can download tons of applications to our cell phones to do just about anything at the touch of a button, why shouldn’t we be able to apply that method of thinking to everything, like, let’s say, smoking.
Courtesy of NABI Biopharmaceuticals
Back in the old days, people used to have to use old-fashioned will power to quit smoking. Then, thank god, came the Nicorette patch and gum and all of those goodies, but could there be an easier way?
It sure looks like it.
The vaccine, NicVAX, is “an investigational vaccine designed as an aid to smoking cessation, as well as an aid to prevent relapses of a treated smoker,” according to NABI Biopharmaceuticals. This video from AZfamily.com demonstrates just how the shot works. (more…)
