Every eight seconds a man or woman dies of a smoking related illnesses...

To give you a hint of the extent that smoking damages the health of the world’s citizens you should know that tobacco is estimated to kill 5 million people every year and this number is expected to increase to 10 million a year in just over a decade. The World Health Organisation has also said that on average every eight seconds a man or woman dies of a smoking related illnesses like Heart attacks, lung problems, cancer and many more.

In fact the World Health Organization is busy trying to encourage people to quit the deadly habit and one of their initiatives has been to institute a World No Tobacco Day to raise awareness of smoking dangers as well as to get world governments involved in the campaign so that they legislate to protect their citizens from cigarettes and smoking.

One company that is busy supporting the initiative of the World Health Organization is the world’s largest drug company namely Pfizer.  Pfizer have recently launched in the UK a drug called Champix which it said to be the most effective smoking cessation drug.

The official date of World No Tobacco Day is May 31st and maybe and if you are thinking of giving up smoking that might be a good day to start or at least to start using the Champix drug which must be taken for a couple of weeks before you actually decide to give up. It works unlike most other smoking cessation drugs (which just replace nicotine in your bloodstream), as it targets the part of the brain that is responsible for the cravings that make you want a cigarette.

So far the Champix drug has been very well received in all of the markets that it is being sold in. The scientific name for Champix is varenicline.