BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Ashes to Ashes: Is Champix Safe?

BBC Scotland investigates the anti-smoking drug that is dogged by controversy. Smoking is Scotland's biggest preventable killer, and Champix could be the answer. A phenomenally successful anti-smoking drug which is getting people off cigarettes around the world, almost nine million prescriptions have been written globally. But in Britain alone, there have been claims that it causes depression. Ashes to Ashes speaks to people who say the drug affected them in this way, and asks if stopping smoking could damage your health.