Professor Robert West, from the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London, said he expected to see a flood of internet orders for Tabex once it become more talked about within the UK.

Professor Robert West quotes 'It's been available in central and eastern Europe for more than 50 years, we have safety data on millions of people regarding Tabex, and we know it's effective, but it's not licensed in Britain,' he said.

Tabex is available worldwide without any prescription.

Tabex is not a medicine or neither a prescription medication and is merely a supplement made of plant extract. No products advertised are intended to treat, cure or prevent any disease.