Combating Tobacco & Vaping in Our Community:
- Funding: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant
- Community Focused: We partner with local community members, youth, and organizations.
- Key Goals:
- Educate the public on the harms of tobacco/vaping
- Raise awareness of their environmental impact
- Promote proven quitting (cessation) resources
- Aim: To create a healthier, nicotine-free community.
Why quit nicotine products?
- Immediate Impact: Your lungs, heart, and immune system start to heal within days.
- Financial Freedom: You will save more money than you realize, check out this free tobacco calculator: SmokeFree.gov
- Better Health: You'll breathe easier and feel more energized.
- Protect Others: Shield friends and family from secondhand smoke/vapor.
- Take Control: It’s the single best decision for your health, future, and quality of life.
Nicotine Prevention Youth Education:
- Free Presentations: We offer engaging, anti-vaping sessions for schools and youth groups.
- What We Cover: The dangers of vaping, health and environmental impact, and how to empower peers.
- Goal: Educate and empower students to make healthy choices.
- Book Now! Contact us at (740) 454-9741 x263 or fill out this request form: Request for Tobacco Education.
The Unfiltered Truth Tobacco Free Coalition
Host: Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department
Who is involved: Students, professionals, community partners
Goal: Create a coordinated approach to reduce tobacco and vaping use in Muskingum County.
Actions:
- Support prevention and cessation efforts
- Advocate for effective policies
- Resource sharing
- Identify community needs
Interested in joining: Call (740) 454-9741 x263 or email shannonw@zmchd.org.
Tobacco Free Policy Assistance
- Essential for Health: Creates healthier and safer environments for everyone
- Key impact:
- Eliminates exposure to harmful secondhand smoke
- Guards’ youth from tobacco and vaping influence
- Supports individuals trying to quit.
- Policy Support: The Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department partners with community agencies to implement or improve tobacco policies.
The Power of Tobacco 21 Law
- Important Tool: protects youth health by raising the legal age for tobacco/vaping sales to 21
- Key prevention: stops early addiction before it starts
- Cuts Access: reduces the flow of products in high-school social circles
- Long-Term Benefit: lowers the associated health risks of nicotine use
Anti-Vaping Scholarship
This is the second year the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department is offering a scholarship opportunity for all juniors and seniors in Muskingum County. If you are interested in seeing last year’s submissions, click here!
If you are interested in participating in 2026 Anti-Vaping video scholarship, please fill out the form below!
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