To quit smoking will become possible thanks to vaccine against nicotine

January 23, 2012

The best thing that any smoker can do in his life is to quit smoking. It is easy to say but difficult to do. And every smoker knows about it as well. It happens that smokers help themselves with pills, but transfer from one vile to another seldom gives result needed.

At present moment in Canada sophisticated vaccine goes through clinical trials, it allows the work out immunity to nicotine. Functional concept of the preparation is orally simple: to harmless virus is joined nicotine molecule and immune system begins to work out antibodies that destroy tobacco alkaloid when it enters the bloodstream. In such a way, nicotine stops entering the brain and smoking becomes senseless: no matter how many cigarettes vaccinated person smokes, they will not give desired effect of pseudo-relief.

Volunteers that agreed for vaccination with new preparation, have not bad results - 25 % of them during two months that have passed after the injection, haven't touched cigarettes and analysis have shown high level of antibodies. Vaccination effect, as medics affirm can maintain for years.

It is quite possible that approximately in five years anti-nicotine vaccine will enter series production and a lot of hard smokers will feel easier, a lot easier.

Let's remind that approximately one year ago similar vaccine was invented for treating nicotine dependence.