The drug Varenicline (Chantix) was being tested in a clinical trial to help smokers reduce the number of cigarettes they were smoking in order to help them quit within the next few years. The trial was more then successful as all the users who use Varenicline stopped smoking earlier than expected and were able to continue without smoking for a longer period of time.
While smoking rates have decreased over the past few years, it would be great if we could eliminate it in the future. With drugs like Varenicline and Bupropion, as well as nicotine patches and gum we were getting closer.
Smoking doesn't only affect the smoker, but everyone around them. The affects start small, like secondhand smoke, but can then increase to aftermath dealing with the loss of a loved one from lung cancer. I have experienced this situation personally, and it is one I wish I could have avoided.
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