The remedies, however, are still alarming: hemlock to dry up milk when weaning, hare's brain to be rubbed on teething gums.

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Chantix, launched in May 2006, is the only drug designed specifically to combat nicotine addiction ever sold in the U.S. Previous stop-smoking aids either contain nicotine, like gums and patches, or are re-purposed antidepressants.

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