Smoking cessation drug proves initially more effective for women

Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

The most effective prescription drug used to quit smoking initially helps women more than men, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. The study, published Oct. 7 by the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, found that varenicline, marketed as Chantix, was more effective earlier in women, and equally effective in women and men after […]

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