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SHOCKING: Game changer pill to help people stop smoking to be rolled out on nhs - What They Never Told You

Officials estimate Varenicline could help more than 85,000 people quit smoking annually over the next five years (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

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, NHS England’s chief executive has said.

Amanda Pritchard hailed the drug as a “game changer” ahead of the announcement in a speech on Tuesday.

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