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Spencer County program wins two-year state grant to extend youth tobacco and vaping prevention
Summary
Spencer County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation leaders told the school board the program received a two-year grant from the Indiana Department of Health and outlined outreach, school curricula and youth leadership activities serving more than 4,000 people countywide.
Spencer County public-health partners told the Spencer County School Board they have secured two more years of state grant funding to continue tobacco and vaping prevention and cessation work across the county. Kim Hughes, director and coalition coordinator for the Spencer County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, announced the award and described countywide programming for 2025–26.
The announcement matters because the grant underpins tobacco-prevention curricula in all district schools, school-based cessation supports, and youth leadership and community events that county officials say reach thousands. "We received grant funding for an additional two years from the Indiana Department of Health, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission," Hughes told the board.
Presenters said the program is administered through the Spencer…
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