Topic: Dorothy Hatsukami

To quit, 'nicotine-free' smokes as good as lozenges

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Trying to quit smoking?) And nicotine-free cigarettes and the lozenges both beat low-nicotine cigarettes, Dr. Dorothy K Hatsukami, at the University of Minnesota Tobacco Use Research Center in Minneapolis, and colleagues note.Hatsukami's team compared smoking habits ...

Wishful vaccine

I smoked cigarettes for five years (sorry, Mom) before quitting cold turkey. When can we put down our Febreze, bare our biceps and tell the nurse to be quick?. For a smoking vaccine to be effective, scientists must first trick the immune ...

Smoking Vaccine

The injection of what's called NicVAX triggers the immune system to make antibodies that bind to nicotine and limit its circulation in the brain. The vaccine did not induce withdrawal or cause nonquitters to compensate by smoking more cigarettes, probably because ...
"I think I'd rather throw up in my mouth," says Flint, an 18-year-old West Virginia University student, emerging from a convenience store with a pack of Winstons and a coupon for free Camel Snus. Early next year, it's taking snus ...

Smoking Vaccine Being Developed

For smokers who are having trouble kicking the habit, science is working to find help. Right now in the United States 70 percent of those who smoke say they want to quit. Dr. Dorothy Hatsukami of the Tobacco Use Research Center of ...