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After weeks of public hearings, Columbus City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether or not to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products from being sold within city limits.

As Columbus contemplates becoming the first city in Ohio to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes, data is starting to come in from areas that have implemented bans themselves, including the entire county of Canada where researchers are finding a reduction in smoking.

The agency says the proposal has the potential to significantly decrease disease and death from tobacco by "reducing youth experimentation and addiction."

The state budget is a sea of red, as income and sales tax collections are less than half of what was predicted for this month. But tax revenue from…

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) passed in 2009 requires the FDA to include new warning labels on cigarette packages. But in…

Ohio has increased the legal age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21.Gov. Mike DeWine signed the change into law Thursday under a…

Most people knew James Strain as “Butch.” Dr. Cynthia Meneghini called him “Dad." She remembers h im as a handyman who could fix anything. When she...

Citing an "unprecedented spike" in teens vaping, Sen. Mitch McConnell said the bill would raise the minimum age for people to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. Tobacco companies back the proposal.

A public health advocate is pleased Summit County has now banned businesses from selling tobacco products to anyone younger than 21 years old. The...

In its latest effort to curb smoking by young people, the FDA wants to outlaw menthol cigarettes. The agency would also restrict sales of flavored e-cigarettes to reduce youth addiction to nicotine.