Hamilton County Public Health is a leader in the fight against tobacco use and exposure in Hamilton County. The Division of Health Promotion and Education works with a variety of partners in the community to prevent tobacco use, help people quit, and protect people from secondhand smoke.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 Americans each year. In Ohio alone, tobacco use claims the lives of about 20,000 individuals each year - that's 52 lives each day - and costs $3.4 billion annually in health care expenditures. Additionally, each Ohio household pays $602 in taxes to cover tobacco related illnesses.

In Ohio, more than 21 percent of residents, 22 percent of high school students, and 11 percent of middle school students, use tobacco products. Every day, thousands of children try their first cigarette or become addicted to tobacco - an addiction that could one day end their lives prematurely.

Hamilton County Public Health’s Goals: 

• Help tobacco users quit
• Educate the residents of Hamilton County about the dangers of secondhand smoke 
• Prevent youth from starting to use tobacco products 
• Act as a resource to the community 
• Coordinate local tobacco control and exposure initiatives

• Hamilton County Tobacco Free Partnership
  A partnership working to reduce the burden of tobacco use and exposure in Hamilton County
• Stop Smoking
  Get the resources and support you need to stop smoking
• Secondhand Smoke
  Secondhand smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and is a leading cause of preventable death
• Youth Programs
  More than 22 percent of high school students and nearly 11 percent of middle school students use tobacco
• Tobacco Free Schools
  A 100 percent tobacco-free schools policy reinforces educational messages about smoking and helps to reduce student tobacco use
• Tobacco Free Worksites
  Employers lose approximately $92 billion in productivity and 81 million workdays due to employee tobacco use