New HPIO brief explores tobacco use prevention in Ohio

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released its latest brief, titled “The state of tobacco use prevention and cessation in Ohio.”

A four-page executive summary also is available.

After releasing the Health Value Dashboard in December 2014, HPIO convened a group of healthcare and public health stakeholders to review Ohio’s greatest health strengths and challenges. This group identified tobacco use as a significant concern for the state.

This HPIO policy brief provides policymakers and other stakeholders with information to guide efforts to reduce tobacco use in Ohio. The paper is divided into two sections:

• Environmental scan: Description of the current status and recent history of tobacco use prevention and control in Ohio.
• Policy implications: List of the state-level policy options most likely to decrease the prevalence of tobacco use given the strengths and challenges of Ohio’s current tobacco policies.

In addition, HPIO will soon release an accountability map that describes how various public health and healthcare entities in Ohio are accountable for specific tobacco-related metrics.