Smokers using varenicline to quit the habit at greater risk of heart attack, study suggests

Monday, July 4, 2011 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

Healthy, middle-aged smokers who take the most popular smoking cessation drug on the market have a 72 percent increased risk of being hospitalized with a heart attack or other serious heart problems compared to those taking a placebo, a new study suggests.

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