Founded:

  June 28, 2006

Organizational Status:

   Supported by the Ohio Department of Health, Tobacco Risk Reduction Program through a Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking
and Health.

Geographical Priority:

  Statewide

Mission:

  To identify and systematically eradicate tobacco-related health disparities by using innovative approaches to: build networks, alliances, infrastructure, and capacity; identify gaps in data collection; provide culturally-competent education; advocate for tobacco-control legislation; and develop and support culturally-competent best practices for at-risk, culturally diverse, underserved populations that are disproportionately affected by tobacco use.

Vision:

  To eliminate tobacco-related health disparities across the state of Ohio.