Addiction Treatment

There are a lot of reasons to quit smoking. We all know the life threatening reasons, but we don’t necessarily understand the the full impact that smoking has on our bodies and minds, and possibly even on others around us. Women especially are susceptible to some of the more hidden dangers of smoking, and [...]

Tobacco use causes 440.000 deaths in US each year. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is one of the most addictive substances known. Smoking is one of the greatest risk factors associated with the development of heart disease and cancer. People who don’t quit smoking lose an average of 14 years of life.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 70.3 million Americans age 12 or older reported current use of tobacco—59.9 million (24.9 percent of the population) were current cigarette smokers, 13.7 million (5.7 percent) smoked cigars. Economically, more than $75 billion of total U.S. healthcare costs each year is attributable [...]