Summary of Nicotine Addiction Cheshire CT

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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(203) 753-2153
1875 Thomaston Avenue
Waterbury, CT
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Substance abuse
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402 East Main Street
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900 Watertown Avenue
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Substance abuse
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men

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(203) 709-6201
100 Jefferson Square
Waterbury, CT
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(203) 574-3311
79 Beacon Street
Waterbury, CT
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Substance abuse
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(203) 753-2341
31 Wolcott Street
Waterbury, CT
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Substance abuse
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Men
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Spanish

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(203) 757-9939
80 Prospect Street
Waterbury, CT
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents
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1400 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT
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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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