The News
Researchers: 1 tablet may kick 2 habits
A pill already sold to help smokers quit their nicotine addiction appears to hold promise.
By Andrew Bridges The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 07/10/2007 03:47:38 AM MDT
Washington - A single pill appears to hold promise in curbing the urges to both smoke and drink, according to researchers trying to help people overcome addiction by targeting a pleasure center in the brain. The drug, called varenicline, already is sold to help smokers kick the habit. New but preliminary research suggests it could gain a second use in helping heavy drinkers quit, too.

The Research
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Abstract available. Click on Full Text (PDF) for the complete study.