Business factors can trump health in facilities' smoking policies.

The article discusses smoking policies in addiction treatment facilities, with a focus on program administrators' concerns that smoking bans could deter treatment completion for addicts or place businesses at competitive disadvantages. Topics include addressing smoking cessation concurrently with addiction treatment, business risks, and a study researching facilities' smoking policies and smoking cessation-related services published in a 2005 issue of periodical "Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment."