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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

Smokers twice as likely to quit by using cytisine, study finds

A man lighting a cigarette.
Cytisine pills are due to be available in the UK as a prescription-only medicine by the end of January. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Smokers who want to quit are more than twice as likely to succeed if they take a pill that dampens nicotine cravings, according to doctors, who said the medicine could play a major role in helping people kick the habit.

Stopping smoking remains one of the most common new year resolutions, but it consistently ranks as one of the hardest to keep, largely because of the highly addictive nature of nicotine.

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