Smoking stuff from Schmeg.com

   

The dream of treating smoking like high cholesterol or high blood pressure and treating it with just a single pill has proved elusive, but maybe not for long.

With estimated sales in the billions, the race is on to get a new drug to market, even with the so-so record of previous attempts at designing a chemical cure to this problem. Buprion was an early attempt at this and was proven to be about 13% effective, not high enough to call a genuine cure.

Where patches, gums & lozenges work by slowly weaning the patient off of nicotine, A new drug - Varenicline works by attaching itsself to nicotine receptors in the brain, preventing the cravings that drive the cigarette addiction.
Varenicline is in phase III testing, normally the final testing stage before a company applies for FDA approval.
If this drug can pass the approval process it can be available within 2 years.
I will follow the approval process and post updates here.

There is a procedure that I am investigating called "smoking cessation and low level laser therapy"