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Cochise County Health Department expands youth coalitions, in‑school programs and quitline outreach to curb vaping
Summary
Health-promotion staff outlined plans to rebuild youth coalitions, offer alternatives to suspension that include cessation education, run school assemblies and youth compliance checks, and connect residents to ASHLine (a free Arizona quitline); the department is targeting outreach to people experiencing homelessness this year.
Amanda Eckroft, health promotion manager for the Cochise County Health Department, told the Board of Health the department is rebuilding youth coalitions and expanding school- and community-based tobacco-prevention work aimed at reducing vaping and nicotine use among adolescents.
“My name is Amanda Eckroft, and I am the health promotion manager at Cochise County Health Department,” she said, then outlined programs that include peer-to-peer youth coalitions, school assemblies where students may…
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