State using app to help teens quit smoking

State using app to help teens quit smoking

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help teens quit smoking with the use of an app. It’s not just tobacco, but also vaping. Karen Brown, a tobacco dependence treatment coordinator for HHS, says the app helps to educate the youth and also offer help to cut down on the problem which many teens said they participate in. “13.2% of those youth respondents reported current use of any tobacco products, and 11% of youth rep…