More than six million people in the UK smoke cigarettes A DRUG that can double your chance of stopping smoking will be dished out on the NHS under plans to boost quit rates. Health chiefs will push ...

Research from the University of Bath, published on No Smoking Day 2025, shows that integrating smoking cessation support into NHS Talking Therapies for depression and anxiety increases quit rates.

For the first time since 2021, a pill used to help people quit smoking—varenicline—will again be available from the NHS. Varenicline is one of the most effective ways to quit smoking and is deemed an ...

"There’s no judgement with our service; we just want to support as many people as possible to stop smoking and we have more ways to do that than ever before, including our one-t ...

Research from the University of Bath, funded by Cancer Research UK, published on No Smoking Day 2025, shows that integrating smoking cessation support into NHS Talking Therapies for depression and ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that cytisinicline be available on the NHS in England as a stop-smoking intervention for adults who want to quit. The ...

Unprecedented progress in reducing the number of women smoking during pregnancy in England could be put at risk by NHS funding cuts, according to a UEA addiction expert. A new BMJ article, co-authored ...

A daily pill that triples the odds of quitting smoking will be offered on the NHS in a bid to save thousands of lives. Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, hailed the drug as a ...

Unprecedented progress in reducing the number of women smoking during pregnancy in England could be put at risk by NHS funding cuts, according to a UEA addiction expert. A new BMJ article, co-authored ...