Episode notes
The primary psychoactive substance in tobacco is nicotine.
As basis for misuse and dependence, nicotine makes associated health and behavioral health disorders associated with tobacco difficult to treat.
Because of nicotine tolerance and withdrawal, a diagnosis of Tobacco Related Use Disorder often requires clinical intervention.
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Keywords
substance use disordersubstance abuse treatmenttobacco related use disordernicotine usedepressionanxietyhealth concernsbehavioral health difficulties