A popular drug prescribed to help people quit smoking may pose a significantly increased risk of heart attack in users, a new study finds. The results may further complicate doctors’ and patients’ ...

When approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006, the prescription drug Chantix was heralded as almost a silver bullet in the fight to help people stop smoking. Its ingredient, varenicline, ...

WASHINGTON — E-cigarettes were about as effective at helping people quit smoking as the gold-standard pharmaceutical drug, varenicline, according to a clinical trial published Monday in JAMA Internal ...

Pfizer is pausing distribution of its anti-smoking treatment, Chantix, after finding elevated levels of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the pills. The drug maker is recalling 12 lots of ...

E-cigarettes and varenicline (Chantix) helped long-time smokers quit conventional cigarettes at similar rates in the short term, but the benefit was more lasting with varenicline, according to a ...

CHICAGO — Two popular stop-smoking drugs are as safe for the heart as nicotine patches and dummy pills, according to research requested by U.S. and European regulators. The results come from an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it will hold a public meeting in October to review the risks of psychiatric and behavioral side effects with Pfizer’s anti-smoking ...

Chantix is a prescription drug that can help people quit smoking tobacco. Medicare’s prescription drug plans include coverage for certain smoking cessation drugs, including Chantix. People 65 years ...

Pfizer has recalled four more lots of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), according to an update on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website. In a new FDA MedWatch, the agency ...

Kicking the habit can be hard enough, but smokers with depression face a steeper challenge. Now there’s evidence that the drug varenincline (Chantix) can help. About half of smokers who try to quit ...

Numerous plain white pill bottles on a factory production line. When asking does Medicare cover Chantix, this could be where the bottle are filled. People 65 years old and older and those under 65 ...