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B.C. women file lawsuit over Pfizer quit-smoking drug  

Three B.C. women are suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over a lucrative drug that is designed to help people quit smoking but which, the plaintiffs claim, causes suicidal tendencies as an unintended byproduct.

In a writ filed last month in B.C. Supreme Court, the plaintiffs claim Pfizer Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary put profits from Champix ahead of public safety, ignoring research that showed the drug was dangerous to some people and dragging its feet in warning B.C. doctors who prescribe it.

Vancouver lawyer David Klein is seeking to have the lawsuit certified as a class action.

"It's a scary drug," Klein said Thursday.

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