The world's first vaccine against smoking has been developed by the company "Selecta (RUS)." Expected in 2018 they arrived at pharmacies, said the site "newsru."
According to Russian scientists, a subsidiary of the large U.S. holding company, it is a means of stimulating the production of antibodies that block nicotine in the blood. To provoke an immune response against the tobacco.
As a result, a person stops experiencing a pleasant sensation of smoking (nicotine can affect the brain).
Thus no point in smoking and it is easy to grips with the psychological addiction.
According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) each year smoking kills about 4 million people.
People do not quit smoking despite injury information on nicotine for smoking bans in public places in many countries and tax increases.
Same group of Russian scientists now developing vaccines against diabetes, hepatitis B and skin cancer.
Meanwhile, a new study of New Zealand scientists shows that smokers are switching to electronic cigarettes to quit the habit have the same chance of success as those using nicotine patches , reported the Associated Press and Reuters .
The first-ever study comparing the efficacy of electronic cigarettes with nicotine patches as standard therapy for smoking.
Scientists from the University of Auckland found that the achievement levels are similar, it is more likely that electronic cigarettes to help their users do to reduce the amount of tobacco you smoke. Moreover, people go to much greater willingness of electronic cigarettes than nicotine patches .