Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Greenwich, CT.

It is estimated that around 75% of clients at residential rehab programs for drug and alcohol addiction are smokers. While it is a fact that nicotine is an addictive substance and people in any sort of treatment for addiction should endeavor to be free from all addictive substances, this can present problems that make enforcing a smoking ban outweigh the benefits of such restrictions. A person who is addicted to a substance as life threatening as drugs and alcohol might not agree to go to treatment if they have to quit smoking cigarettes, so many facilities in Greenwich allow smoking with certain restrictions, limitations and in designated areas.

Some rehab centers allow clients to smoke anywhere, provides it is outdoors for instance. Some facilities have a designated smoking area, and this is the only place that clients are allowed to smoke in. Because nicotine is addictive, even rehab facilities that allow smoking usually introduce alternatives to smoking if the client wants to quit, such as nicotine replacement gum, patches and prescriptions. There are also rehab centers that allow smoking in designated areas, but educate clients on the health risks associated with smoking by incorporating this into their program either by way of direct education or by offering educational literature for clients to consider. In facilities which allow smoking in designated areas this is sometimes only authorized for clients, whereas staff are sometimes restricted from smoking at the facility or are asked to not smoke in front of clients.

Publicly funded addiction rehabilitation 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 rehabilitation programs have a bit more leeway and don't have as many rules and restrictions imposed on them, so they be more likely to offer designated areas for smoking.

There are 2 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities offering this service in Greenwich, CT

• Family Centers Inc
  203-629-2822
  20 Bridge Street
  Greenwich, CT. 6830
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Liberation Programs Inc
  203-851-2077
  50 East Putnam Avenue
  Greenwich, CT. 6830
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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