Orange County Office on Youth Enters Third Year of Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Tobacco Cessation Grant By: Orange County Communications Department
The Orange County Office on Youth is excited to be entering the third year of a Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Grant. This grant has supported a variety of initiatives to reduce the impacts of tobacco and nicotine use in Orange County, particularly among local youth. Examples include tobacco litter cleanups, youth-driven prevention campaigns such as Take Down Tobacco, parent education such as the Hidden in Plain Sight events, and local implementation of evidence-based cessation programs such as the Truth Initiative’s This is Quitting and EX programs. In fact, the Youth-Driven Smoke Makes You Broke Campaign, created in partnership with the Orange County Youth Council, was recognized with a Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) Achievement Award last year. Together, these efforts reflect Orange County's ongoing commitment to reducing youth tobacco and nicotine use, protecting the environment, and ensuring free cessation resources remain available to those who want to quit. Throughout this grant year, the Office on Youth intends to continue and expand upon youth tobacco prevention programming efforts.
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