| New York could become the first state
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| | the substance abuse agency that oversees
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| requiring all outpatient addiction
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| | all state-sanctioned alcohol and drug
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| treatment programs to help their clients
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| | rehab facilities, said in a written
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| quit smoking under proposed legislation.
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| | statement, "We now know that's not true.
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| The law would only encourage alcoholics
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| | Including tobacco dependence while
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| and drug addicts to quit smoking, not
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| | treating other addictions actually leads
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| require it. Those who agree to quit
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| | to higher recovery success rates. We need
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| smoking would be provided with treatment
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| | to focus on the overall wellness of our
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| including drugs to relieve cravings,
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| | patients and not ignore this deadly
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| while patients who refuse to quit could
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| | addiction."
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| still be treated for other addictions as
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| | However, the higher recovery success
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| long as they don't smoke in the treatment
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| | rates Carpenter-Palumbo refers to are
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| facilities. The ban would also apply to
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| | disputed in the scientific community. One
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| treatment center workers. Whether this
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| | recent study from the University of
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| will increase the success rates of
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| | Minnesota found that recovery rates are
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| alcohol and drug rehab is in dispute.
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| | actually lower if patients are weaned off
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| New Jersey has required residential
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| | cigarettes while they are trying to break
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| addiction programs to treat nicotine
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| | free of alcohol or drugs. And according
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| addiction and be smoke-free since 2001,
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| | to Dr. Richard Hurt, the director of the
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| but officials in New York say it would be
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| | Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo
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| the first state to require smoking
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| | Clinic, most studies have shown that
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| cessation efforts in outpatient programs,
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| | treating nicotine addiction along with
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| which account for two-thirds of the 1,100
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| | alcohol and drug addiction has no effect
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| treatment alcohol and drug rehab programs
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| | on treatment effectiveness.
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| in the state. Programs in New York that
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| | According to the U.S. National Institute
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| fail to comply with the smoking
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| | against Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), between 80
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| regulations could lose state
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| | and 95 per cent of alcoholics smoke
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| certification and would have to stop
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| | cigarettes - three times higher than
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| treating clients.
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| | among the general population. And a
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| It has generally been thought that asking
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| | recent Research Society on Alcoholism
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| patients to quit smoking while fighting
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| | study using advanced magnetic resonance
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| addictions to alcohol or drugs like
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| | imaging on human brains found that
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| heroin or cocaine is asking too much. But
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| | cigarette smoking not only worsens
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| state officials say a deeper
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| | alcohol-induced brain damage (which was
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| understanding about addiction "triggers"
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| | already known) it also causes brain
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| and the dangers of tobacco itself have
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| | damage by itself. And there are strong
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| changed the consensus. Karen M.
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| | links between some forms of cancer and
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| Carpenter-Palumbo, the commissioner of
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| | the combination of drinking and smoking.
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