Report details impact of Tobacco 21 in Cincinnati

Report details impact of Tobacco 21 in Cincinnati

An evaluation team led by ASPiRE’s Todd Combs and Veronica Chaitan, in collaboration with Interact for Health of Ohio, recently released a report of the team’s findings from a study of the successful efforts to pass, implement, and enforce Tobacco 21 in local communities. The report found that retailer support for Tobacco 21 increased during the evaluation period (2019-2022), while fewer retailers experienced the sales and profit decreases they had expected following the policy. Passed license and signage inspections increased by 52%, and the number of retailers who sold to underage individuals during buy attempts decreased by 74%. The report includes lessons learned from the Cincinnati effort, an example of a most-requested CAB resource! Read the summary and full report.