Barnes County calls to N.D. Tobacco Quitline more than triple

December 21, 2011

The rate of calls to the North Dakota Tobacco Quitline from residents in Barnes County more than tripled from 2009 to 2010, said the county's Tobacco Prevention Coordinator, Vicki Voldal-Rosenau.

As a whole, smoking rates in North Dakota have decreased in the last couple years.

"This is just the beginning, if we don't let up" Voldal-Rosenau said. "Can we ever let up? Sure, but there's still a lot of people starting to smoke and it's a killer."