Marion County Public Health continues to highlight several programs to help with tobacco prevention. 

Marion County Public Health has a goal of preventing youth and adults from starting smoking, reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, promoting cessation across all ages, and increasing tobacco coalition membership. Marion County Public Health encourages those in the community to participate in several different programs relating to tobacco prevention.

ISTEP is a program that is led by students and run by adults who want to step up and take action against tobacco use, Quitline Iowa is a program that provides free coaching, a customized quit plan, and a phone helpline available 24/7, and My Life My Quit is a youth tobacco cessation program aimed to help teens, especially when it comes to vaping prevention. 

To get connected with any of these programs or learn more information about tobacco prevention in Marion County you can call Del Bennett at Marion County Public Health by calling 641-828-2238 or by visiting their tobacco prevention page on their website here.