Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Thousand Oaks, CA.

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 addicting and people in any sort of treatment for addiction should endeavor to be abstinent from all addictive substances, this can introduce problems that make enforcing a non-smoking facility outweigh the benefits of such restrictions. Someone who is addicted to a substance that could very well kill them immediately might not get help if they have to quit smoking cigarettes, so many programs in Thousand Oaks allow smoking with certain restrictions, limitations and in designated areas.

Some facilities permit clients to smoke anywhere, provides it is outdoors for example. Some facilities have a designated smoking area, and this is the only area that clients are allowed to smoke in. Because nicotine is an addictive substance, even treatment centers that have a designated area and allow smoking usually offer 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 that permit smoking in designated areas, but provide education on the health risks associated with smoking by including this into their program either by way of direct education or by providing informational literature for clients to consider. In programs which allow 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 substance abuse rehabilitation programs 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 leeway and don't have as many restrictions imposed on them, so may be more likely to offer designated areas for smoking.

There are 5 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers offering this service in Thousand Oaks, CA

• Genesis Program Inc
  805-497-6169
  145 Hodencamp Road
  Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Interface Children and Family Services
  805-485-6114 x662
  80 East Hillcrest Drive
  Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Payment Assistance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• A Wildwood Recovery
  805-493-5741
  360 Camino de Celeste
  Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Westlake Village Family Services
  818-730-2960
  3625 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard
  Thousand Oaks, CA. 91362
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Thousand Oaks Behavioral Health and
  855-701-7955
  145 Hodencamp Road
  Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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