Cincinnati, Ohio Raises Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21

The Cincinnati City Council voted 5-3 in favor of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco in the city from 18 to 21-years-old.

In addition, the new ordinance will also increase the number of compliance checks conducted by the Cincinnati Health Department. Funding for the increased compliance monitoring will come from a $200,000 grant from Interact for Health and a new $500 tobacco retailer license.

Cincinnati becomes the 15th city in Ohio to raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21. It now means that four out of the five largest cities in the state—Akron, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati—have raised the minimum purchasing age to 21. Toledo is the lone exception.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.