Summary of Nicotine Addiction Moundsville WV

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.

Crossroads Counseling Services Inc
(740) 676-5741
3201 Belmont Street
Bellaire, OH
Hotline
(888) 202-3900
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Crossroads Counseling Services Inc
(740) 695-9447
255 West Main Street
Saint Clairsville, OH
Hotline
(888) 222-3900
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Wayne County Outpatient Services
(304) 272-3466x4014
145 Kenova Avenue
Wayne, WV
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Criminal justice clients

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Renaissance Place
(304) 525-7851x4503
1853 8th Avenue
Huntington, WV
Hotline
(800) 642-3434
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Prestera Center for MH Services Inc
(304) 824-5790
Lincoln County Office
Branchland, WV
Hotline
(800) 642-3434
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient

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CRC Health Group Inc
(304) 547-9197
Rural Route 1
Triadelphia, WV
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men

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Crossroads Counseling Services Inc
(740) 782-1407
41481 Stenger Road
Belmont, OH
Hotline
(888) 202-3900
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Men

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Appalachian Community Health Ctr Inc
(304) 636-3232x202
725 Yokum Street
Elkins, WV
Hotline
(888) 357-3232
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Appalachian Community Health Ctr Inc
(304) 478-2764
601 Walnut Street
Parsons, WV
Hotline
(888) 357-3232
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Seneca Health Services Inc
(304) 645-3319
100 Church Street
Lewisburg, WV
Hotline
(304) 645-3319
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
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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