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Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition Kicks-Off Campaign
“Other tobacco products” (OTP), which includes non-cigarette forms of tobacco  like cigars, smokeless tobacco, and hookah tobacco, are a growing problem in Ohio. While high school students have decreased their use of cigarettes, they have not decreased their use of smokeless tobacco or cigars. These products come in candy flavors and kid-friendly packaging and are often displayed in convenience stores near candy and snacks.
The Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition is dedicated to reducing the problem of non-cigarette tobacco products, called “other tobacco products,” use by Ohioans, especially our youth. The Coalition is seeking to make the products less appealing to youth by correcting the inequity between the other tobacco products tax and the cigarette tax.
The campaign is a coalition of health organizations including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Children’s Defense Fund, Cleveland Clinic, OhioHealth, Ohio State Medical Association, Tobacco Public Policy Center, and Universal Healthcare Action Network (UHCAN) Ohio.
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