by: Dan Bain (The News-Review)

An alliance of health leaders and providers hope a first-of-its-kind e-cigarette quit program will help convince young people in Douglas County to quit vaping.

“This is Quitting” is a free text messaging program from Truth Initiative created in the wake of the surgeon general declaring a youth e-cigarette epidemic in 2018.

Starting Oct. 1, Douglas Public Health Network, Blue Zones Project, and CHI Mercy Health joined with Truth Initiative to bring “This is Quitting” to Douglas County.

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