NHS to Roll out ‘Improved’ Anti-Smoking Pill

NHS England has announced the roll-out of an “improved” anti-smoking pill to help tens of thousands in England to quit smoking. The daily pill called varenicline is said to reduce nicotine cravings and block their effect on the brain. The drug works as well as vapes to help people stop smoking and is more effective than nicotine-replacement gum or patches, NHS England said on Tuesday. Varenicline is a prescription-only medicine, which means patients will need to see their GP or an NHS stop-smoking service to get it. Another smoking cessation pill was previously used in the UK under the brand name Champix. It was withdrawn from the market in 2021 over a discovered impurity....