NURS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Passive Smoking, Chewing Tobacco, Binge Drinking
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Chapter 24 - alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in the community. Substance abuser is not only at risk for. Personal health problems but also may be a threat to the health and safety of family members, co-workers, and other members of the community. Atod abuse and addiction can cause multiple health problems for individuals. Every culture has beliefs and attitudes toward atod. These attitudes are influenced by the way society categorizes drugs as either good or bad. Addicts often viewed as immoral, weak-willed, or irresponsible persons who should try harder to help themselves. Nurses must examine their attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (atod) use, abuse, and addiction before working with this health problem. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (atod): current phrase that is a reminder that the leading drug problems involve alcohol and tobacco. Substance abuse: use of any substance that threatens a person"s health or impairs his or her social or economic functioning.
