Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Breaux Bridge, LA.

It is estimated that approximately 75% of clients at residential rehab programs for drug addiction and alcoholism are smokers. While it is a fact that nicotine is an addictive substance and people in any sort of treatment for addiction should strive to be free from all addictive substances, this can present problems that make enforcing a smoking ban outweigh the advantages of this restriction. A person who is addicted to a substance that could very well kill them immediately might not go to treatment if they have to quit smoking cigarettes, so therefore, many rehab centers in Breaux Bridge allow smoking with some limitations, restrictions and in designated areas of their facility.

Some programs permit clients to smoke anywhere, so long as it is outdoors for example. Some rehab centers have a designated smoking area, and this is the only place that clients can smoke. Due to the fact that nicotine is an addictive substance, even rehab facilities that allow smoking usually introduce alternatives to smoking if the client wants to quit, such as nicotine patches, nicotine gum and prescriptions. There are also facilities which allow smoking in designated areas, but educate clients on the health risks associated with smoking by integrating this into their program either by way of direct one on one counseling or by offering educational literature for clients to consider. In facilities which permit smoking in designated areas this is sometimes only authorized for clients, and staff are often banned from smoking at the center or are asked to not smoke in front of clients.

Publicly funded drug and alcohol rehab centers are bound by the rules and restrictions in regards to smoking that are enforced by state and federal agencies which oversee and administer these programs. Private rehab programs have a little more tolerance and don't have as many rules and restrictions imposed on them, so they be more likely to provide designated areas for smoking.

There are 2 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities offering this service in Breaux Bridge, LA

• Opiate Replacement Therapy Ctr of
  337-332-4878
  648 Latiolais Drive
  Breaux Bridge, LA. 70517
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Genesis Behavioral Hospital
  337-442-6254
  606 Latiolais Drive
  Breaux Bridge, LA. 70517
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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