Tobacco Use Prevention & Control Found. Bd. of Trustees v. Boyce

{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether certain sections of 2008 Am.Sub.S.B. No. 192 (“S.B. 192”) and 2008 Sub.H.B. No. 544 (“H.B. 544”) are constitutional. We conclude that the sections are constitutional and affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Factual and Procedural Background

{¶ 2} In November 1998, the Ohio attorney general entered into a master settlement agreement (“MSA”) with the largest tobacco-product manufacturers in the United States that resolved litigation to recover health-care expenses incurred by the states as a result of tobacco-related illnesses. Pursuant to the MSA,…