title: Tobacco chewing an unusual case of drug dependence.
abstract: This case report is that of a 53-year-old man without current evidence of significant psychiatric disorder who requested treatment for dependence on chewing-tobbaco. During his successful treatment in the Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Unit, we noted several similarities between his tobacco chewing and other drug dependencies.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless