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Nicotine Vaccine Helps Some Quit Smoking

US researchers said that a vaccine aimed at helping people quit smoking by blunting the effects of nicotine doubled the number who could kick the habit, but overall success remained small. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals said 16 per cent of volunteers vaccinated with the highest dose were able to quit smoking for 12 months, compared with six per cent of those who got a placebo shot. [click link for full article]

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/smoking/

"You really have to be committed to quitting smoking," says Celia Jaffe Winchell, M.D., a psychiatrist and FDA's medical team leader for addiction drug products, "and when you've made the decision to stop smoking, commit to using whatever it takes to quit."