Ohio Uses $21M Grant for Smoking Prevention Programs [08/22-2]

Excerpts from: $21M goes to cut smoking

By Anna Guido The Cincinnati Enquirer [08/20/03]

Smoking rates in Ohio are fifth-highest in the nation, but there's hope that a new community-level effort will change that over the next three years.

The Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation recently awarded $21 million in grants to schools, businesses and community leaders for tobacco cessation and prevention programs.

They will serve youths and adults in parts of Butler and Hamilton counties, including areas where minority populations are growing.

The council, based in Hamilton, was awarded $175,000 each year for the next three years to administer programs through the Butler Tobacco Free Coalition. Kelechi said programs will be age, sex and content appropriate, with a focus on prevention of tobacco use by youth.

This year's grants are the second round since the foundation was created in 2000. All 88 counties in Ohio now have funding to launch programs designed to prevent youth tobacco use, reduce adult tobacco use and limit exposure to tobacco smoke.

The partnership will focus on school districts and some surrounding communities where agencies have made inroads, said Kathy Lordo, director of community health information services. Those include Cincinnati, North College Hill, Deer Park, Sycamore, St Bernard/Elmwood Place, Norwood and Princeton.

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