OHIO - Supreme Court to hear the appeal in its case seeking to preserve tobacco funds ..

March 11, 2010 - On January 21st the Legacy(SM) -- a national public health foundation devoted to tobacco cessation and prevention -- asked the Ohio Supreme Court to hear the appeal in its case seeking to preserve tobacco funds and the life-saving tobacco control programs they support in Ohio. (OHIO - Legacy Foundation asks Supreme Court to hear appeal..)

The Ohio Supreme Court has now made the decision to hear the appeal in Legacy's case seeking to preserve tobacco funds and the life-saving tobacco control programs they support in Ohio. The Court will review the December decision of the Ohio Court of Appeals of Franklin County, Tenth Appellate District reversing a lower court's order permanently enjoining the State from dissolving the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Endowment Fund. The December 2009 Court of Appeals' decision represented a major step backward in the effort spearheaded by Legacy and others to safeguard the state's tobacco prevention money for its intended purpose: to save Ohioans' lives.

Reference: Legacy(SM) Case for Tobacco Funds to be Heard by Ohio Supreme Court
Two-Year Long Battle For Tobacco Prevention And Cessation Programs To Be Determined by Highest Court

In reference see the timeline of activity related to the Ohio tobacco funding dispute.

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