Should a stop smoking pill be prescribed on the NHS?

Should a stop smoking pill be prescribed on the NHS?

Trials of a new pill to help smokers quit have been successful with 44% of smokers giving up during a 12-week trial. The drug now looks set to be prescribed on the NHS. Would you give it a try? Or do you resent paying taxes for pills to help others stop smoking? Or will it be offset by relieving NHS costs associated with smoking-related diseases.

 

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  1.  
    Kevin from Essex says:
    Nov 30, 04:18

    No way! It'd be a waste of time. Besides these "give up" smoking pills, patches, or N R T as it's reffered to just don't work. Most people who quit using these methods, more often than not go back on to the cigs' as soon as they come off thr treatment. That is why you won't ever see it on the nhs! Have you seen the price of those nicotine replacement products? I fthe govrnment can wean you off the weed, it can supply then supply you're nicotine in pill form, thus clawing back all the revenue lost due to smuggled tobbaco, or in many cases legitimately bought and brought to the uk as ones personal allowance.
    For those reasons, you will never see it on the nhs.

    Should the NHS prescribe stop smoking pills?
    No
  2.  
    Harry from Manchester says:
    Jul 24, 18:13

    No it bloody should not be !! Nobody forced these people to start smoking so why should the NHS fund their treatment. They paid for their fags, let them pay for the means to stop smoking.

    Should the NHS prescribe stop smoking pills?
    No
  3.  
    j bond from baltimore says:
    Jun 28, 11:35

    i just have to share my good news with everyone .zyban is an anti depressent .and is wonderful for that reason .But chantix is the non smoking pill

    Should the NHS prescribe stop smoking pills?
    Yes
  4.  
    j bond from baltimore says:
    Jun 28, 11:28

    my company told us we had to quit so why shouldnt they have to pay for us to get help so my ins payed for the pill the only thing i worry about now is the non smokers get lung cancer to so u tell me ? they make people smoke outside now and everyone gets to smell and breathe the smoke.

    Should the NHS prescribe stop smoking pills?
    Yes
  5.  
    j bond from baltimore says:
    Jun 28, 11:17

    my company told us we had to quit so why shouldnt they have to pay for us to get help so my ins payed for the pill the only thing i worry about now is the non smokers get lung cancer to so u tell me ? they make people smoke outside now and everyone gets to smell and breathe the smoke.

    Should the NHS prescribe stop smoking pills?
    Yes

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