Fast Facts: Pfizer Anti-Smoking Pill

WASHINGTON – The following is information regarding Pfizer's anti-smoking pill.

Drug

— Varenicline

— The second nicotine-free smoking-cessation drug to gain Food and Drug Administration approval

Brand Name

— Chantix

Company

— Pfizer Inc.

How it Works

— Cutting the pleasure of smoking and reducing the withdrawal symptoms that lead smokers to light up again and again.

Finding

— Helped more than one in five smokers quit after a year's use.