Anti-Smoking Drug Helps Reluctant Quitters

Source: Yahoo News - HealthA medication known as varenicline (Chantix) has been shown to help some smokers quit, even if they were not ready to give up cigarettes right away, international researchers said Tuesday. The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) was funded by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which makes Chantix, but was led by doctors at the non-profit Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. More than 1,500 smokers enrolled. After six months,...