Children’s of Alabama and the UAB Department of Pediatrics recently received a grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) with the goal of protecting Alabama youth from secondhand smoke exposure, tobacco use and initiation, with a particular focus on electronic cigarettes.

Susan Walley, M.D., Pediatric Hospital Medicine, received the $80,000 grant from the ADPH’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Department and it will be utilized to collect data on youth tobacco use in the Birmingham metro area. Data will be used to promote policies that protect youth from tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure. The grant will also provide education to middle and high school students in the Birmingham City Schools and other area schools on the health risks of tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure. View the Children's press release. View the UAB News press release.