Smoking Allowed in Designated Area - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Chattanooga, TN.

It is estimated that around 75% of clients at residential rehabilitation centers for drug addiction and alcoholism are smokers. While it is true that nicotine is addicting and people in rehab for addiction should endeavor to be free 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 as life threatening as drugs and alcohol might not get help if they have to quit smoking cigarettes, so therefore, many facilities in Chattanooga allow smoking with some restrictions, limitations and in designated areas.

Some rehab centers permit clients to smoke anywhere, so long as it is outside for instance. Some facilities have a designated smoking area, which is the only area that clients are allowed to smoke in. Because nicotine is addictive, even rehab centers that allow smoking typically 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 facilities that allow 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 one on one counseling or by providing educational literature for clients to examine. In programs which permit smoking in designated areas this is typically only allowed for clients, whereas staff are sometimes banned from smoking at the center or are encouraged to not smoke in front of clients.

Publicly funded drug treatment programs are bound by the rules and restrictions in regards to smoking that are imposed by state and federal agencies which oversee and administer these programs. Private rehabilitation programs have a bit more leeway and don't have as many rules imposed on them, so may be more likely to offer designated areas for smoking.

There are 11 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers offering this service in Chattanooga, TN

• Johnson Mental Health Center
  423-634-8884
  420 Bell Avenue
  Chattanooga, TN. 37405
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Health Connect America Inc
  423-702-5508
  2115 Chapman Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37421
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Council for Alcohol DA Servs Inc
  423-756-7644
  105 Devel Lane
  Chattanooga, TN. 37405
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  
• Volunteer Comp Treatment Center
  423-265-3122
  2347 Rossville Boulevard
  Chattanooga, TN. 37408
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Focus Healthcare of Tennessee
  423-308-2560
  7429 Shallowford Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37421
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Helen Ross McNabb Center
  423-531-9711
  1510 Old Ringgold Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37404
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Camelot of Southeastern TN
  423-668-8503
  5720 Uptain Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37411
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Bradford Health Services
  423-892-2639
  6160 Shallowford Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37421
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Volunteer BH Care Systems
  423-634-8884
  420 Bell Avenue
  Chattanooga, TN. 37405
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Cumberland Heights
  423-308-0689
  6650 East Brainerd Road
  Chattanooga, TN. 37421
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Tennessee Community
  423-296-6451
  951 Eastgate Loop
  Chattanooga, TN. 37411
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Smoking Allowed In Designated Area
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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