新奇事件簿 尼古丁疫苗助烟民戒烟

eople who want to quit smoking may soon have something to help them. The Swiss drug company Cytos Biotechnology has developed and tested a vaccine¹ that fights nicotine². The vaccine produces antibodies in our blood that stop nicotine from entering the brain. The antibodies reduce the desire of smokers³ to have a cigarette. It also lessens⁴ the pleasure that smokers experience when they smoke.

新招助戒烟族戒烟。瑞士塞托斯生物科技公司正在研制尼古丁疫苗。疫苗会在血液中形成抗体，防止尼古丁影响大脑。这种抗体可以降低烟瘾。减少因抽烟所带来的兴奋感。

Experiments on 341 heavy smokers produced impressive success rates. Forty percent of those who received the vaccine stopped smoking. All smokers who took the vaccine developed the antibodies that reduce the desire for a cigarette. Cytos believes it has the best answer to date to fight nicotine addiction⁵. This is good news for the world’s 1.3 billion smokers. Five million people die each year from smoking.

研究人员对341名“烟鬼”进行了实验，戒烟成功率惊人。疫苗注射后，40%烟民成功戒烟。341人全部产生抗体，烟瘾大大降低。塞托斯生物认为，它是目前治疗尼古丁成瘾的最佳方法。对于全球13亿烟民来说，这的的确确是个好消息。每年有500万人死于吸烟。

1 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

2 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

3 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

4 lessens   

变少( lessen的第三人称单数 )； 减少（某事物）

参考例句：

• Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease. 良好的饮食习惯能大大减少患心脏病的机率。
• Alcohol lessens resistance to diseases. 含有酒精的饮料会减弱对疾病的抵抗力。

5 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。