Rationale

Making the Case for Integrating Tobacco Dependence Interventions into Chemical Dependency Treatment

Chemical dependency treatment providers have taken up the challenge to address tobacco dependence in their programs for compelling reasons:

1. Tobacco is a drug of dependence.
   
2. Tobacco dependence exacts a devastating toll on people in treatment and recovery from other chemical depencencies.
   
3. Tobacco dependence is closely related to other chemical dependencies.
   
4. It is safe to treat tobacco dependence at the same time as other chemical dependencies.
   
5. Treating tobacco dependence at the same time as other chemical dependencies may improve treatment oucomes.

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