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 reported that they used an e-cigarette in the last 30 days,” Brown said.
One of the things the app includes is a real-time chat with a quit coach. It’s all for free and they have the website MyLifeMyQuit.org. She says they’re working on an app for adults next.
