Stop-smoking drug may be safe
If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how difficult it is. Nicotine is so addictive that smokers often must try multiple smoking-cessation aids and combinations of aids before they are able to break the habit—a critical step for people with heart disease.
"We found no changes in blood pressure or heart rate to suggest there was a mechanism that would cause cardiovascular events," says Dr. Rigotti.
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