Grant County Health District

Tobacco Prevention

Program Mission: Share and coordinate resources to reduce and prevent commercial tobacco use in Grant County.

Youth Program Mission: To prevent tobacco use while letting the general public know it is the number one killer.

Click here to report a violation
of the Smoking in Public Places Law.

Tobacco Cessation Options in Grant County

Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy: Contact Shawn Needham, Pharmacist, 509-764-2314

Moses Lake Community Health Center will provide a smoking cessation consultation when referred by a health care provider. Call 509-765-0674 for an appointment.

ADDS, (Alcohol Drug Dependence Service) Moses Lake, 509-764-5206. They no longer provide cessation classes, but they do have educational materials and provide a viewing of a tobacco video during their Drug and Alcohol classes as well as Quit Line materials for their participants.

Tobacco Quit Line: 1-800-QUIT-NOW, (784-8669), Spanish: 1-800-NO-FUME,(266-3863). Washington State's Quit Line web site www.quitline.com.

Youths 17 years old and younger may call the same Quit Line phone number but will only receive counseling with parental consent.

Did you know that 8,000 babies are born each year to women who smoked during pregnancy in Washington State? And that more than 40 percent of women who quit smoking while pregnant begin again after giving birth? Smoking while pregnant and after the baby is born is harmful to the health of both mother and baby, increasing the chances of asthma and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Quit for You, Quit for Two is designed to help pregnant and postpartum women quit smoking. Check it out the Quit for You, Quit for Two web site to learn more. The site includes resources for both pregnant women and health care providers. Tips to help pregnant moms quit smoking.

Quit services are free for pregnant women. No health insurance is required.

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The City of Moses Lake has a tobacco-free parks ordinance. Copy of the Ordinance.

Visit the Smoke Free Washington web site to learn more about smoke free facts, resource web sites, smoke-free laws and policies. Click here to register a second hand smoke complaint.

Have you seen someone smoking inside a public building or too close to the doors? Please register your compliants here.

Learn how to protect your children's health by making your home smoke-free.

Interested in how to make your apartment or condo smoke free? Visit Smoke Free Washington learn how many Washington reidents are changing the policies in their multi-unit housing complexes.

Download and print your own No Smoking signs.

Washington's "Smoking in Public Places" Law
Grant County Health District Tobacco Policies and Procedures

Business Enforcement Policy of RCW 70.160

General Enforcement Policy of RCW 70.160

Procedures for application to allow smoking less than 25 feet from doorways, windows, etc.

Office of Attorney General Rob McKenna Freequently Asked Questions Regarding I-901

Grant County's Tobacco Program Data

Grant County 2010 Tobacco Prevention and Control Update