smoking vaccine?

[hotfoot]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0610010367oct01,1,6074040.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Can vaccines cure our bad habits?
Researchers aim syringes at smoking, obesity, drugs

By Ronald Kotulak
Tribune science reporter
Published October 1, 2006

Vaccines, the most potent medical weapon ever devised to vanquish deadly germs, are now being called on to do something totally different and culturally revolutionary--inoculate people against bad habits like overeating, cigarette smoking and drug use.

Whether this new era of vaccine research can actually subdue many of the poor lifestyle choices that are today's biggest threats to health--causing obesity, cancer, heart disease and other problems--has yet to be proved.

But the evidence is promising enough to persuade the federal government to put millions of dollars toward finding out if two of the vaccines can end nicotine and cocaine addiction. ...

[andikay]

But the evidence is promising enough to persuade the federal government to put millions of dollars toward finding out if two of the vaccines can end nicotine and cocaine addiction. ...

Ummm...I happen to like my cocaine addiction just fine, thankyouverymuch.

[mrjohnchimpo]

that would be nice. but i think the problem is the mental addiction, not the physical one. do they have a cure for that? maybe some different drug that i could take ? :p

[Padrote]

that would be nice. but i think the problem is the mental addiction, not the physical one. do they have a cure for that? maybe some different drug that i could take ? :p
Ummm... like cocaine...thankyouverymuch.
:thumbsup:

[andikay]

That's some pretty creative editing there, Pauly.:upsidedown:

[poofdogg]

hmm....lazy people rule! gotta love the ingenuity of people that really don't wanna do something difficult on their own. gimme the vaccine. now i don't have to try! woo hoo!!