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The NHS will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as effective as vapes and more effective than nicotine replacement gum or patches,

A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be rolled out on the NHS as experts hope it could prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths a year. Called Varenicline, the pill tackles nicotine cravings while also combatting withdrawal symptoms like irritability and sleeping issues.

Varenicline is a pill that has to be taken daily to help you stop smoking. It helps to reduce nicotine cravings and the urge to smoke again by stimulating the receptor in your brain that nicotine normally would. It blocks those receptors so nicotine can't bind to them, according to Lloyds Pharmacy.

An improved anti-smoking pill being rolled out on the NHS could help save lives as it's been shown to work just as well as vapes to help people quit

The NHS is rolling out a once-a-day pill called Varenicline, which could save thousands of lives by helping people quit smoking. More than 70,000 people die from smoking-related conditions like cancer each year.

As the UK Government presses ahead with laws to create a smoke-free generation, tens of thousands of smokers will now benefit from an improved version of a smoking cessation pill thanks to a roll-out by the National Health Service (NHS).

Daily tablet Varenicline reduces cravings for nicotine by blocking effect on the brain and cuts withdrawal symptoms like feeling irritable and difficulty sleeping

A new generic version of varenicline – originally sold in the UK as Champix by Pfizer – has now been approved for use by the health service and could help "tens of thousands" of smokers quit, according to NHS England, which has called it a "vital step" in the plan to shift the health service towards prevention.