This drug should be OTC.

NONPRESCRIPTION drugs; SMOKING cessation products; HEALTH products; SMOKING prevention

The author reflects on making the smoking-cessation medication Chantix available as an over-the-counter drug. He recommends that Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix with varencline as its generic name, should apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its product without a prescription, and that FDA should approve it swiftly. He stressed and that most smokers do not visit the doctor, so the availability of Chantix as a non-prescriptive drug will be beneficial to them.