Summary of Nicotine Addiction Westland MI

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.

Westside Mental Health Services
(734) 513-8295
32932 West Warren Road
Westland, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Safe Step LLC
(734) 641-1141
917 South Merriman Road
Westland, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Arbor Medical
(734) 261-3290
27550 Joy Road
Livonia, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Growth Works Inc
(734) 495-1722
50430 Schoolhouse Road
Canton, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men
Language Services
Arabic

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Parkview Company
(313) 532-8015x154
25639 Ford Road
Dearborn Heights, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Hegira Programs Inc (HPI)
(734) 425-0636
8623 North Wayne Road
Westland, MI
Hotline
(734) 425-0636
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Apex Behavioral Health PLLC
(734) 729-3133
1547 South Wayne Road
Westland, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Arabic

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Hegira Programs Inc (HPI)
(734) 397-3088
43825 Michigan Avenue
Canton, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Advanced Counseling Services PC
(734) 737-1200
5958 N Canton Center Road
Canton, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Hindi

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Saint Marys Mercy Hospital
(734) 655-5850
36475 5 Mile Road
Livonia, MI
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient

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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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