News Releases

October 13, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Unveils Campaign Ads: Ads aim to cut through confusion over Issue 4 and 5

October 11, 2006: Flawed Poll Doesn’t Worry Issue 5 Supporters: More recent polls show Issue 5 winning two-to-one

October 10, 2006: Bar Workers’ Health Improves One Month After Scotland Goes Smoke-free: OSMA calls for Ohioans to vote NO on 4, YES on 5

October 5, 2006: Issue 5 Meets Signature Requirements for Ballot

September 28, 2006: Smoke Less Ohio Qualifies for Ballot Despite Fraud: Ohio Voters: Know the Difference Between Issues 4 and 5

September 22, 2006: Smoke Less Ohio Turns in Additional Signatures: Expect more of the same lies, dead voters, and fraud

September 14, 2006: Thousands of Smoke Less Ohio Signatures Protested: Smoke Less Ohio didn’t follow law it sued SmokeFreeOhio over

September 13, 2006: Show Me the Money: Who is Behind Smoke Less Ohio?

September 11, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Appeals to Ohio Supreme Court

September 11, 2006: Smoke Less Ohio Fails to Qualify for Ballot; Investigated in nine counties for dead voters, forged signatures

September 8, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Qualifies for November Ballot

August 30, 2006: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Questions Smoke Less Ohio Petitions: 1,122 signatures appear to be in same handwriting

August 9, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Files Formal Elections Complaint: Voters Say Smoke Less Ohio Petition Circulators Lied to Get Signatures

July 28, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Turns in Signatures to Put Smoke-free State Law on November Ballot, Download additional visuals

June 27, 2006: U.S. Surgeon General’s Report Shows Need for SmokeFreeOhio

June 10, 2006: Tobacco and Alcohol Industry Lawsuit Won't Stop SmokeFreeOhio: Statement by Susan Jagers, Co-Chair of SmokeFreeOhio

May 3, 2006: SmokeFreeOhio Kicks Off Petition Drive to Put Issue on Ballot

November 17, 2005: SmokeFreeOhio Turns in Petitions for Statewide Law

June 23, 2005: SmokeFreeOhio partners with Applebee’s to celebrate the company’s one-year smoke-free anniversary and support clean indoor air in Ohio (Cincinnati)

June 23, 2005: SmokeFreeOhio partners with Applebee’s to celebrate the company’s one-year smoke-free anniversary and support clean indoor air in Ohio (Dayton)

March 10, 2005: American Cancer Society Launches Campaign to Pass a Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law