Study: Nicotine Patch Works as Well as Chantix to Help Quit Smoking

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin have found similar rates of success among people who tried to quit smoking using one of 3 treatments – a nicotine patch, a combination of a nicotine patch and nicotine lozenges, or the prescription drug Chantix (varenicline). A year after trying one of the methods, about 20% of the people in each treatment group had successfully quit. The study was published online January 26, 2016 in Journal of the American Medical Association .