Putting out Nicotine Addiction (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Virginia Tech Professor Mike Zhang is working on a vaccine that could help smokers conquer their nicotine addiction, making many smoking-related diseases and deaths relics of the 21st century. He was recently awarded $2.4 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop the vaccine and test it on mice. Credit Virginia Tech Usage Restrictions Must credit Virginia Tech License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.