“The adult smoking rate in Thurston County at 19.2 percent is higher than the state average, according to the State Department of Health’s recent survey.

Statewide, the adult cigarette smoking rate has decreased to 15.3 percent, the sixth lowest in the nation.

Thurston County Public Health & Social Services, in collaboration with TOGETHER!, plans to attack this high smoking rate through enhanced promotion of the Washington State QuitLine, tobacco compliance checks, and partnering with multi-unit housing managers to develop smoke-free policies for their housing complexes,” quoting the Pierce County Business Examiner.