PORT TOWNSEND — If you want to put the butt out before your life is in ashes, Jefferson County Public Health has you covered.
So does Jefferson Healthcare hospital on Sheridan Avenue in Port Townsend, which became a smoke-free campus on March 1 that permits neither employees nor patients to smoke indoors or outdoors.
Both public organizations have free information, counseling services and cessation classes to help those who want to quit smoking tobacco.
“One of the things I was amazed about when I first took this job was that most smokers want to quit,” said Karen Obermeyer, prevention specialist with the county public health department.
She said the primary smoking age group in the county is between 18 and 35 years old.
That age bracket is willing to take greater risks, she said.
“Some people think it’s cool,” Obermeyer said.
