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Medication Guide

Detailed information about the various medications that can assist with quitting smoking.

Looking for FREE NRT or meds? The asterix * below indicates which aids are FREE under the BC Smoking Cessation Program.

  • Download a copy of our Medication Guide
    For those who prefer to print and read the information.

  • Prescription Medication: Varenicline (Champix) *
    A pharmaceutical drug, an agonist for nicotine, used to aid tobacco cessation.

  • Prescription Medication: Buproprion (Zyban) *
    A drug administered orally in the treatment of depression and as a quit smoking aid.

  • Nicotine Patches *
    A nicotine patch is a transdermal patch that releases nicotine into the body through the skin.

  • Nicotine Gum *
    A non-prescription gum that releases nicotine when chewed.

  • Nicotine Inhaler
    The nicotine inhaler or 'the puffer' is a thin, plastic cartridge containing a nicotine plug in its base.

  • Nicotine Lozenge
    A lozenge which dissolves slowly in the mouth to release the nicotine.

  • Nicotine Mouth Spray
    A mouth spray containing nicotine that can control cravings in 60 seconds.