Summary of Nicotine Addiction Huntington Beach CA

The most common form of nicotine dependence is associated with the inhalation of cigarette smoke. Pipe and cigar smoking, tobacco chewing and the use of snuff are less likely to lead to nicotine dependence. This article, therefore, focuses on cigarette smoking as the primary agent of nicotine addiction.

Seacliff Recovery Center
(714) 960-0078
225 7th Street
Huntington Beach, CA
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
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Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Orange County Health Care Agency
(714) 896-7574
14140 Beach Boulevard
Westminster, CA
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13672 Goldenwest street
Westminster, CA
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660 West Baker Street
Costa Mesa, CA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
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(714) 432-0727
209 E 18th Street
Costa Mesa, CA
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(949) 933-3678
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Outpatient
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Southern CA Alcohol and Drug Progs Inc
(714) 799-7766
7340 Center Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA
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Substance abuse
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New Beginning Fellowship Center
(714) 839-2515
16581 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, CA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients
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Pacific Clinics Subst Abuse MH Servs
(714) 379-4484
13950 Milton Street
Westminster, CA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Orange County Detox
(949) 631-1009
536 Hamilton Street
Costa Mesa, CA
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
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Spanish

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Nancy Clark and Associates Inc
(949) 631-0550
1110 Victoria Street
Costa Mesa, CA
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Substance abuse
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Summary of Nicotine Addiction

Nicotine Addiction is a well-known among the teen community. Nicotine dependence can be successfully treated. The drug ‘Nicotine’ is a psychoactive drug with effects that reinforce tobacco use even though known harmful health effects. Family physicians are in an excellent position to promote both smoking cessation and smoking prevention. Nicotine is a psychoactive agent whose continued use usually leads to addiction. The pharmacologic and psychologic processes that determine nicotine addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to other drugs, such as heroin and cocaine. The most common form of nicotine dependence is associated with the inhalation of cigarette smoke. Pipe and cigar smoking, tobacco chewing and the use of snuff are less likely to lead to nicotine dependence. This article, therefore, focuses on cigarette smoking as the primary agent of nicotine addiction.

Cigarette smoking may be responsible for as many as 350,000 deaths annually in the United States, representing 18 percent of all deaths. Total costs of smoking-related health care and lost productivity amount to approximately $65 billion each year.

Despite escalating cigarette consumption worldwide, U.S. smoking rates are declining. Consumption reached a peak in the early 1960s, when 42 percent of adults smoked (52 percent of men and 34 percent of women). Per capita consumption began to drop after 1964, when the U.S. Surgeon General reported tobacco use to be a major health hazard. Currently, 26...

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