Summary of Nicotine Addiction North Platte NE

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.

Heartland Counseling and Consulting
(308) 534-6029
110 North Bailey Street
North Platte, NE
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(877) 269-2079
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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(308) 532-0777
102 McNeel Lane
North Platte, NE
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Substance abuse
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Lincoln/Lancaster County
(402) 475-7666
2444 O Street
Lincoln, NE
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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

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Lutheran Family Services
(308) 532-0587
120 East 12th Street
North Platte, NE
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Adlerian Center for
(402) 334-3044
11911 Arbor Street
Omaha, NE
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient

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Behavioral Health Specialists Inc
(402) 370-3140
900 West Norfolk Avenue
Norfolk, NE
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Faith Regional Health Services
(402) 644-7329
1500 Koenigstein Avenue
Norfolk, NE
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
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Hospital inpatient, Outpatient
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(308) 382-3660x92296
2201 North Broadwell Street
Grand Island, NE
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Substance abuse
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient

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NOVA Therapeutic Community
(402) 344-2583
1941 South 42nd Street
Omaha, NE
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents

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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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