Summary of Nicotine Addiction Lewiston ME

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.

Community Clinical Counseling
(207) 782-9551
393 Sabattus Street
Lewiston, ME
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Substance abuse
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Lewiston, ME
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Tri County Mental Health Services
(800) 787-1155
1155 Lisbon Street
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11 Lisbon Street
Lewiston, ME
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Saint Mary''s Regional Medical Center
(207) 777-8700
100 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME
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Hospital inpatient, Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Sweetser Affiliate
(207) 837-7603
444 Main Street
Lewiston, ME
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Central Maine Counseling Services Inc
(207) 782-3386
276 Main Street
Lewiston, ME
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
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Central Main Family Counseling PA
(207) 777-3399
300 Pine Street
Lewiston, ME
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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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(207) 784-0922
4 Park Street
Lewiston, ME
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(888) 568-1112
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Transitions Counseling Inc
(207) 396-5335
81 Main Street
Auburn, ME
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
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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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