Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - St. Petersburg, FL.

It is estimated that approximately 75% of clients at residential rehab programs for drug and alcohol addiction are smokers. While it is a fact that nicotine is addicting 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 benefits of such restrictions. 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 many rehab centers in St. Petersburg allow smoking with certain limitations, restrictions and in designated areas.

Some programs 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 can smoke. Because nicotine is an addictive substance, even rehab programs that have a designated area and allow smoking typically provide alternatives to smoking if the client would like to consider this as an option, such as nicotine replacement gum, patches and prescriptions. There are also rehab centers 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 providing educational literature for clients to examine. In programs which permit smoking in designated areas this is sometimes only authorized for clients, and staff are often banned from smoking at the facility or are asked to not smoke in front of clients.

Publicly funded substance abuse 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 treatment centers have a bit more tolerance and don't have as many rules imposed on them, so they be more likely to provide designated areas for smoking.

There are 9 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities offering this service in St. Petersburg, FL

• West Care Foundation Inc
  727-490-6767
  33 6th Street South
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33701
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Chrysalis Center
  727-743-9060
  3321 49th Street North
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33710
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Spencer Recovery Center
  727-363-6991
  140 Corey Avenue
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33706
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Affordable Counseling Susan McMillan
  941-756-6042
  8601 4th Street North
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33702
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Footprints Beachside Recovery
  877-954-3908
  151 107th Avenue
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33706
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• St. Pete Behav Health Center Inc
  727-895-8499
  433 4th Street North
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33701
  
  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
  
• Rational Steps
  727-347-3284
  1905 Tyrone Boulevard North
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33710
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Tranquil Shores
  727-391-7001
  4300 Duhme Road
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33708
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Focus One Inc
  727-572-5202
  2628 5th Avenue North
  St. Petersburg, FL. 33713
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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