Program Vision: Ohio will be a state free of tobacco use
The Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program (TUPCP) is dedicated to reducing the prevalence of tobacco use in Ohio and the associated health effects. Funding for the TUPCP comes from the Master Settlement Agreement and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health. Core program goals include prevention of youth tobacco-use initiation, cessation of tobacco use, the elimination of secondhand smoke exposure for all Ohioans and the elimination of disparities associated with tobacco use.
To prevent youth initiation, the TUPCP provides local grants to conduct evidence-based prevention programs within Ohio’s middle and high schools. TUPCP also supports policy change efforts to assist school districts in the adoption and enforcement of 100 percent tobacco-free school campus policies. Beyond schools, TUPCP works in partnership with the Ohio departments of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services and Public Safety to reduce sales of tobacco products to minors.
The Ohio Tobacco Quit Line, 1-800-QUIT-NOW is funded by the TUPCP and is free and available to all Ohioans. The Quit Line provides free counseling and two weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy to callers who want to quit. The TUPCP also sustains local grants to non-profit agencies, hospitals and health departments to offer cessation services within local communities.
In 2006, Ohio voters passed the Smoke Free Ohio Workplace Act. The TUPCP actively assists Ohioans with information about the clean indoor air act. For questions concerning Smoke-Free Ohio, call 1-866-634-7654 or e-mail smkinfo@odh.ohio.gov. To report a violation of Ohio’s clean indoor air act, call
1-866-559-6446 or e-mail nosmoke@odh.ohio.gov. The TUPCP works to protect Ohioans from secondhand smoke at work, in homes and in vehicles.
Continuous monitoring of tobacco prevalence among Ohioans is a priority of the TUPCP. Annual adult tobacco prevalence rates are assessed through the Adult Tobacco Survey and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System while youth tobacco prevalence rates are monitored biannually through the Ohio Youth Tobacco Survey. Results of these reports are found within the pages of this Web site.
Mailing Address:
Ohio Department of Health
Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program
246 N. High St
Columbus, OH 43215
Telephone: 1-866-557-7867
Fax: 1-614-644-7740
E-mail: tobaccoprevention@odh.ohio.gov
Last reviewed: 3/24/2009
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