Oswego Health supports the successful programs offered by Smokefree.gov.
To access these programs, please visit their website. Smokefree.gov provides free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs of people trying to quit smoking.
Oswego Health lists tobacco use as 1 of its 3 selected prevention agenda items in its state-required community service plan (CSP). The CSP outlines Oswego Health's goals and the programs to be undertaken to reduce the community's smoking rate, as well as other health risk factors. A report conducted by the University of Wisconsin/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported in 2012 that 33 percent of Oswego County residents smoke. The New York state rate for smoking is 18 percent.