Summary of Nicotine Addiction Lakewood OH

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.

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(216) 226-4001
14805 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS

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Women''s Center of Greater Cleveland
(216) 651-1450
6209 Storer Avenue
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse
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(216) 583-0681
2363 West 14th Street
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Catholic Charities Services
(216) 696-2197
2012 West 25th Street
Cleveland, OH
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(216) 436-2000
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Covenant Adolescent Chemical
(216) 574-9000
1515 West 29th Street
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Adolescents, Gays and Lesbians, Pregnant/postpartum women, Criminal justice clients
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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(216) 281-2660
8301 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH
Hotline
(216) 281-2660
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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(216) 459-1222
3387 Fulton Road
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
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Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
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Spanish

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(216) 781-0550
1292 Winslow Avenue
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Men
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Recovery Resources
(216) 781-9222
2900 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Criminal justice clients
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Spanish

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(216) 781-0288x11
2270 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
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Special Programs/Groups
Men
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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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