Coroner urges Zyban warning

London - A coroner yesterday told the makers of the anti-smoking drug Zyban to improve warnings about the dangers of mixing it…

London - A coroner yesterday told the makers of the anti-smoking drug Zyban to improve warnings about the dangers of mixing it with other medication.

Hertford coroner Mr Alan Lawson recorded a verdict of death by natural causes on airline flight attendant Kerry Weston (21) who was found dead in her hotel room in Nairobi a fortnight after she was prescribed Zyban. It was "incompatible with" an anti-malarial treatment called Chloroquine which Ms Weston had also taken.

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