A jab that 'vaccinates' people against smoking for life being developed

[mashman]

This report is maybe twelve years old. Parliament buried it, and it stayed buried 'til River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew. And they were right to fear, 'cause there's a whole universe of folk who are gonna know it too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people.

Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all are come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. 'Cause as sure as I know anything I know this: they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground, swept clean. A year from now, ten, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave. (One of Joss Whedons finest )

[steve_t]

The government wants you to smoke. You lot generate a shit load of tax money and generally die earlier, saving on pension pay outs. The only thing is that the government needs to appear as if it were doing something to improve the health of the population so from time to time, you get a media release like this

[ducatilover]

The government wants you to smoke. You lot generate a shit load of tax money and generally die earlier, saving on pension pay outs. The only thing is that the government needs to appear as if it were doing something to improve the health of the population so from time to time, you get a media release like this

Fuck the lot of them. That's my rebellious comment for the year, time for some delicious Port Royal Black.

[scumdog]

It could be used to "vaccinate" children from ever smoking and help smokers to quit. "Just as parents decide to give their children an HPV vaccine, they might decide to use a nicotine vaccine"

WTF!!! wasting more fuckin money! If you want people to stop smoking STOP MAKING CIGARETTES... and for those who don't stop, FUCK OFF AND LEAVE US TO KILL OURSELVES! Vaccinate my children, are you out of your tiny fuckin narrow minded skull? No doubt NZ will stump up as the guinea pig for helping us quit by 2025. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK OFF!

That is all.

Whoop-de-do, I don't care...

[Brett]

This thread should be called "conspiracy theorists read here".

[jellywrestler]

if the government was serious about this instead of increasing the price constantly they would be allowing smoking but reducing of the smoke, gradually making them less potent till they're inneffective
putting the price up is hurting a lot of families who are often struggling already and not exactly a thinking mans way of tackling the issue

[mashman]

This thread should be called "conspiracy theorists read here".

... they can engineer war for oil, but they won't bring in a law to spare people from themselves... spare me days. Praps the thread needs a bouncer to frisk people for naivety and remove it from them before they post.

[mashman]

Whoop-de-do, I don't care...

that's the spirit

[Virago]

yeah yeah... but i don't think it's going to be a "vaccine" as such.
it's going to be part of the microchip they embed in babies that links them to their world-bank debt accounts...

Dude - this has already happened - we've all been chipped. That's why it's vitally important not to leave home without a foil hat.

[ducatilover]

if the government was serious about this instead of increasing the price constantly they would be allowing smoking but reducing of the smoke, gradually making them less potent till they're inneffective
putting the price up is hurting a lot of families who are often struggling already and not exactly a thinking mans way of tackling the issue

Pardon? Are you being logical on KB? That's disgusting.

[Road kill]

Big deal,so cry me a fucking river..

[Akzle]

maybe we can vaccinate against apathy, and c*nts thinking their opinion matters, and the desire to inflict your will on others.

[Woodman]

So on one hand the gummint allows a product that makes it so people get addicted to smoking whether they want to or not, but on the other hand they want to introduce a product that will prevent them from smoking and getting addicted.

Which is worse?

[scumdog]

maybe we can vaccinate against apathy, and c*nts thinking their opinion matters, and the desire to inflict your will on others.

Meehhh...who cares??

[Nicklaus]

The next step in the nicotine vaccine trials will be rats, then primates. If the vaccine is successful at preventing nicotine from reaching the brain in those animals, tests with human smokers will occur. Crystal stated that a successful run in human test subjects would pre-empt the habit in non-smokers and aid smokers in their cessation efforts.

Nicotine vaccine could cure addiction in humans

This sounds promising though it has not been tested to human. If this really works, it could be very beneficial to people that are struggling to quit smoking. But before anything else, I have to finish my one last puff on my cigarette.