Last year, Ohio updated the Ohio Smoke-Free Workplace Act to include e-cigarettes, according to a news release. This smoke-free workplace law took effect in 2007 to provide protection from secondhand ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal. It has been republished under a Creative Commons License. You can view the original here. Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this ...

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine proposed increased taxes on cigarettes and sports betting to fund programs in his new two-year budget. DeWine announced his budget priorities for 2026-27 on Monday afternoon, ...

Former tobacco company executives from Philip Morris International and Lorillard say they want to help people kick nicotine by switching them to cigarettes made from hemp. While there are hemp ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governor Mike DeWine’s proposal to raise Ohio’s cigarette tax by $1.50 has hit a roadblock as Republican lawmakers in the state’s House Finance Committee express doubts about ...

Nearly 11 Million US Adults Are Using E-Cigarettes A new study says roughly 10.8 million U.S. adults are currently using e-cigarettes. The study adds more than half of them are under 35 years old, and ...

A loophole in Ohio law allows children to legally purchase electronic cigarettes — tobacco alternatives that deliver addictive nicotine by vaporizing a liquid solution — but there is a battle underway ...

Gov. Mike DeWine last year proposed nearly doubling Ohio’s cigarette tax – from $1.60 a pack to $3.10. It didn’t pass the legislature, but DeWine intended to use the $319 million it was projected to ...