Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Nicotine is an addictive chemical found in tobacco products, such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), cigars, chewing tobacco, and hookahs ...

Research commissioned by the United Kingdom's government shows that smoking is even more harmful than previously thought. For ...

When the smoking cessation medication, Chantix, was trending on Twitter Monday, it quickly became apparent that it wasn’t just because the manufacturer had recalled it. Yes, the recall of the ...

Pfizer was hit with a consumer class action Tuesday in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court over the company's generic version of the anti-smoking drug Chantix. The court action, brought by ...

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit by consumers who accused Pfizer Inc of failing to disclose the presence of cancer-causing agents in Chantix before recalling ...

Pfizer did recall smoking cessation drug Chantix for high levels of a potential carcinogen. But there have been no confirmed reports of cancer.

Pfizer expanded its nationwide and Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico recall of the anti-smoking drug Chantix to all lots of the tablets in FDA alert for too much N-nitroso-varenicline, a possible ...

Pfizer has expanded the recall of its Chantix smoking cessation medication to include all lots of 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets due to a possible cancer-causing ingredient that may be present above the ...

Pfizer's headache with its popular smoking cessation drug Chantix is escalating. After the drugmaker halted global distribution this summer and then recalled more than a dozen lots in the U.S ...

Pfizer has recalled more lots of Chantix, a drug to help people stop smoking, because it contains an ingredient that "theoretically" can cause cancer.

(RTTNews) - Drug major Pfizer has expanded its earlier recall of its Chantix (Varenicline) Tablets to include four additional lots, the U.D. Food and Drug Administration said. Chantix, a treatment ...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is recalling 12 lots of its popular anti-smoking drug Chantix after the company discovered it contains high levels of a chemical that may cause cancer.