As the NHS outlines its strategy to help smokers quit using Varenicline, a new nicotine-free pill designed to help people curb the addiction, we ask would you take a 'stop smoking pill'?

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.

Around £2.5bn is spent annually by the NHS on treating health issues caused by smoking - the leading cause of preventable illness and deaths.

The new drug will help thousands of smokers to quit and could save the NHS millions, but what can patients expect from it?

A once-a-day pill that could help tens of thousands of people give up cigarettes and prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths each year will be rolled out on the health service, health officials in the UK say.

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.

An anti-smoking pill is set to be offered by the NHS. The daily pill, called varenicline, is claimed to be a more effective aid than nicotine-replacement gum or patches. The drug works by "reducing cravings for nicotine and blocking its effect on the brain,