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Ohio Cities Sue Legislature Over Right to Ban Flavored Tobacco

Columbus, Cincinnati, and Others Challenge State Measure Prohibiting Local Regulation of Tobacco Sales

On Tuesday (14/May), Columbus, Cincinnati, and more than a dozen other Ohio cities filed a complaint in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, challenging the state legislature’s measure that prohibits them from imposing regulations on tobacco. The cities argue that the measure violates home rule and would harm Ohioans’ health.

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Ohio Proposes Weakest Smoking Ban in Cars with Children Nationwide

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Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make it illegal to smoke in a vehicle with a child present, but the proposed age limit for the child passenger would establish it as the weakest such law in the country. Senate Bill 106, sponsored by State Senator Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus), would impose a $500 fine for smoking in a car with a child younger than 6 years old.

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