Summary of Nicotine Addiction Winchester KY

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.

Bluegrass Regional MH/MR Board Inc
(859) 744-2562
26 North Highland Street
Winchester, KY
Hotline
(800) 928-8000
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Pathways Inc
(859) 498-2135
300 Foxglove Drive
Mount Sterling, KY
Hotline
(800) 562-8909
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Morton Center Inc
(859) 373-0077
2647 Regency Road
Lexington, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Fayette County DUI Services
(859) 971-9710
3439 Buckhorn Drive
Lexington, KY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Bluegrass Regional MH/MR Board Inc
(859) 987-6127
269 East Main Street
Paris, KY
Hotline
(800) 928-8000
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Ridge Behavioral Health System
(859) 269-2325
3050 Rio Dosa Drive
Lexington, KY
Hotline
(800) 753-4673
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Van Hoose and Associates
(859) 263-2377
501 Darby Creek Road
Lexington, KY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Rebound Counseling Services
(859) 497-7075
223 Windsor Drive
Mount Sterling, KY
Hotline
(859) 497-7075
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Counseling Association of Lexington
(859) 278-3456
201 West 8th Street
Paris, KY
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Awareness Counseling Consulting Inc
(502) 867-0503
509 High Street
Paris, KY
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Substance abuse
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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