Ohio tobacco and nicotine bills

Every tobacco and nicotine bill in the Ohio Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 37 states enacted tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Ohio has bills in progress and none enacted yet.

Bills in scope
3bills in scope
Past committee
0past committee
Most recent action
13 May 2026most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine in Ohio, by topic

Tobacco and nicotine bills in Ohio

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Introduced or inactive

3 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

3

HB 849Regards electronic smoking, tobacco, nicotine, vapor productsIn committee

What it would do: Amends Ohio law to regulate electronic smoking and vapor products through manufacturer certification and directory listing requirements, establishes licensing for distributors and retailers, prohibits youth-appealing product designs, and preempts local regulations conflicting with state tobacco control policy.

HB 549Regulate cigar bars; create cigar sales and use tax exemptionIn committee

What it would do: Creates a licensing system for cigar bars requiring a five-hundred-dollar annual fee and a valid D class liquor permit. Exempts cigars smoked on cigar bar premises from sales and use tax.

HB 465Require 48-hour renewal of liquor, tobacco, vapor product permitIn committee

What it would do: Requires the division of liquor control, county auditor, and tax commissioner to issue renewals of liquor, cigarette, tobacco product, and vapor product permits or licenses not later than forty-eight hours after an application for renewal is filed, if all requirements are met.

Bill titles link to the Ohio Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation

In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.

Questions

Does Ohio have a tobacco and nicotine law?

None of the 3 tobacco and nicotine bills in the Ohio Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

What does Ohio legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?

Licensing (2 bills), Excise taxes and stamps (2 bills) and Escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Know when Ohio's tobacco and nicotine law changes

An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.