Smoking? Current
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Quitting smoking will do more for your heart than any medication on this page. Ask specifically about varenicline, or a nicotine patch combined with a lozenge.
Willpower alone succeeds perhaps 5% of the time; medication plus counselling multiplies that severalfold. Varenicline is the most effective single drug; combination nicotine replacement (a patch for the baseline plus a lozenge or gum for cravings) is close behind and available without a prescription. Free coaching is available at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. Excess risk of a heart attack starts falling within weeks and drops substantially over the first year.
Outcome-provenTested in randomised trials measuring heart attacks, strokes, or death, not a stand-in for them.· Class I· Level A· checked 2026-09-12
US Preventive Services Task Force — tobacco cessation interventions · Class I — highest-impact single change
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