Today is the Great American Smokeout and Marion County Public Health Wellness Coordinator Jennifer Bourbonnais wants to encourage smokers to think about ways to quit.

Bourbonnais says smokers make up 18 percent of the Marion County population but that figure has held steady for the past three years and the county’s teen population has actually seen an increase in the number of smokers. She recommends going to the Quitline Iowa website or calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW for smoking cessation tools and tips.

A link to the Marion County Website’s Tobacco page is available here and find out more about the Great American Smokeout on Let’s Talk Knoxville.