The anti-smoking drug Chantix was removed by the Federal Aviation Administration from the list of medications deemed safe for pilots and air traffic controllers.

The FAA ban followed a public health advisory issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that contained a five-point safety guide on the severe changes in mood and behavior persons taking Chantix may go through

For people who want to quit smoking and drinking, a single pill, Varenicline, may be the answer they are looking for.

Varenicline, which is already sold to help smokers, can also be used in helping heavy drinkers quit, new research indicates. The researchers also say that the tablet can be used to control addictions to everything from gambling to painkillers in future

Doctors in Madison are testing an experimental vaccine that makes the immune system attack nicotine in much the same way it would fight a life-threatening germ. The new way to help smokers' quit by a shot that "immunizing" them against the nicotine rush that aggravates their addiction.

The new method keeps nicotine from reaching the brain, thus making smoking less pleasurable and easier to give up. However the small amount that still manages to get in helps to ease withdrawal, the main reason most quitters relapse

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Chantix tablets, a drug that helps smokers quit.

The FDA says in a statement that the active ingredient in Chantix, varenicline tartrate, is a new molecular entity that received a priority review because of its potential benefit to public health

A Pfizer anti-smoking pill shown to help over one in five quit after a year's use was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.

Varenicline, which Phizer Inc. plans to market as Chantix, is the second nicotine-free drug of its type approved by the FDA