Obtaining a prescription to nitrosamine-lite Varenicline is laborious, so be ready to jump through some hoops. My GP, for one, had no idea the pill had become available again, leading to a Sisyphean battle between him, my local pharmacy, and Camden and Islington’s Stop Smoking Service (the patronisingly named Breathe). It got to a point where I began exploring alternatives (having tried neither vaping nor nicotine patches before). But I was right to persist: eventually, I was walking home from the pharmacy clutching a quaint little packet with detailed instructions on how to take Varenicline, each pill numbered according to the day on which it should be taken.
