Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option

Many teens who vape want to quit. A recent clinical trial suggests that a drug used to stop smoking can help.

In the last four weeks of a 12-week trial, 51 percent of the 88 teens and young adults taking the drug varenicline, which was paired with counseling and text messaging support, abstained from vaping completely, researchers report April 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That’s compared with only 14 percent of the 87 receiving the same support but taking a placebo drug.

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