Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Akron, OH.

It is estimated that approximately 75% of clients at residential treatment facilities for drug addiction and alcoholism are smokers. While it is true that nicotine is an addictive substance and people in rehab 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 that could very well kill them immediately might not agree to go to treatment if they must quit smoking cigarettes, so therefore, many facilities in Akron allow smoking with some restrictions, limitations and in designated areas of their facility.

Some facilities allow clients to smoke anywhere, provides it is outside for instance. Some facilities have a designated smoking area, which is the only place that clients can smoke. Due to the fact that nicotine is addictive, even treatment 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 patches, nicotine gum and prescriptions. There are also facilities that permit 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 education or by providing educational literature for clients to examine. In programs which permit smoking in designated areas this is typically only authorized for clients, whereas staff are often banned from smoking at the center or are encouraged to not smoke in front of clients.

Publicly funded drug and alcohol treatment programs are obligated by the rules and restrictions in regards to smoking that are imposed by state and federal agencies which oversee and administer these programs. Private treatment programs have a little 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 11 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers offering this service in Akron, OH

• Greenleaf Family Center
  330-376-9494
  580 Grant Street
  Akron, OH. 44311
  
  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
  
• Akron Community Development Assoc
  330-374-1199
  1293 Copley Road
  Akron, OH. 44320
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Payment Assistance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Oriana House
  330-996-7730 x2423
  15 Frederick Street
  Akron, OH. 44310
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Pastoral Counseling Services of
  330-996-4600
  611 West Market Street
  Akron, OH. 44303
  
  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
  
• Akron Urban Minority Alc Drug Abuse
  330-379-3467 x134
  665 West Market Street
  Akron, OH. 44303
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Portage Path Behavioral Health
  330-434-1214
  10 Penfield Avenue
  Akron, OH. 44310
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  
• Urban Ounce of Prevention Behavioral
  330-867-5400
  1735 South Hawkins Avenue
  Akron, OH. 44320
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• OhioGuidestone
  440-260-2916
  3094 West Market Street
  Akron, OH. 44333
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Interval Brotherhood Homes Inc
  330-644-4095 x301
  3445 South Main Street
  Akron, OH. 44319
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Access To Recovery Voucher
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
  330-724-7715
  55 West Waterloo Road
  Akron, OH. 44319
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Catholic Charities Community Services
  330-762-2961
  812 Biruta Street
  Akron, OH. 44307
  
  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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