Smoking cessation pill helps young people to quit vaping

A study by researchers from Mass General Brigham revealed that teens and young adults who took varenicline are more than three times as likely to successfully quit vaping compared to those who received only behavioural counselling. The study results have been published in JAMA.

A. Eden Evins, lead author and director of the Centre for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), said, “Vaping is extremely popular among kids, and we know that this early nicotine exposure can make drugs like cocaine more addictive down the line, yet ours is the first treatment study to look at this vulnerable population.

“We wanted to help teens and young adults quit, and we found that prescribing varenicline is the best way to do that.”