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http://vtdigger.org/2016/01/27/tobacco-ban-at-residential-treatment-centers-deters-some-clients/
"The smoke-free policy was a long time coming. The Health Department began crafting it about two years ago. The goal: to make treatment facilities tobacco-free, in the same way that hospitals and other health services offices are, according to Deputy Commissioner Barbara Cimaglio.
Initially, the department planned to have the state’s residential treatment centers go tobacco-free by July 1, 2015, but the facilities asked for a six-month delay, so it went into place at the beginning of this year.
There are “a lot of myths” about tobacco use and addiction treatment, Cimaglio said Tuesday. Many people believe someone can’t give up smoking while also going through treatment for drug addiction. But research shows that’s not true, Cimaglio said.
She said the department adopted the tobacco-free policy with the intention that quitting smoking could be part of a patient’s treatment plan.
“It isn’t intended to be punitive,” Cimaglio said. “It’s intended to help the patients see that tobacco is a serious problem.”
When patients come into a program, they won’t be expected to quit cold turkey, she said. They’ll have access to nicotine patches and gum, and clinicians can refer them to other support services, like the Vermont Quit Line, Cimaglio said."
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Now they are treating smoking like a ****** addiction.
It's hard enough to take that first step to stop shooting dope to start with
but by making them quit smoking at the same time they are keeping many addicts out on the street using BOTH! - 5150
"The smoke-free policy was a long time coming. The Health Department began crafting it about two years ago. The goal: to make treatment facilities tobacco-free, in the same way that hospitals and other health services offices are, according to Deputy Commissioner Barbara Cimaglio.
Initially, the department planned to have the state’s residential treatment centers go tobacco-free by July 1, 2015, but the facilities asked for a six-month delay, so it went into place at the beginning of this year.
There are “a lot of myths” about tobacco use and addiction treatment, Cimaglio said Tuesday. Many people believe someone can’t give up smoking while also going through treatment for drug addiction. But research shows that’s not true, Cimaglio said.
She said the department adopted the tobacco-free policy with the intention that quitting smoking could be part of a patient’s treatment plan.
“It isn’t intended to be punitive,” Cimaglio said. “It’s intended to help the patients see that tobacco is a serious problem.”
When patients come into a program, they won’t be expected to quit cold turkey, she said. They’ll have access to nicotine patches and gum, and clinicians can refer them to other support services, like the Vermont Quit Line, Cimaglio said."
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Now they are treating smoking like a ****** addiction.
It's hard enough to take that first step to stop shooting dope to start with
but by making them quit smoking at the same time they are keeping many addicts out on the street using BOTH! - 5150
