This statistic displays the number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) prescribed to help people quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20. The number of Varenicline prescriptions was highest in 2010/11 with close to a million and then gradually declined to around 304 thousand by 2019/20.
Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20
(in 1,000)
The source provides the following information: - this information was obtained from the Prescribing Analysis and CosT (PACT) system, which covers prescriptions prescribed by GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community in the UK. - prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. - varenicline (Champix) was first introduced towards the end of 2006/07. Data shown for 2007/08 represents the first full year of data for this treatment.
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NHS Digital. (December 8, 2020). Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/
NHS Digital. "Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000)." Chart. December 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/
NHS Digital. (2020). Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/
NHS Digital. "Number of Prescription Items of Varenicline (Champix) to Quit Smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/
NHS Digital, Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of prescription items of varenicline (Champix) to quit smoking in England from 2006/07 to 2019/20 (in 1,000) [Graph], NHS Digital, December 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/370285/prescription-items-of-varenicline-to-quit-smoking-in-england/
