NOW LIVE: New e-filing system for tobacco product manufacturers
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is pleased to announce the launch of its online certification filing system for tobacco product manufacturers: the OHCig Certification Portal.
This new tool is intended to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the certification processes. Although there are likely to be questions and unexpected challenges the first time that manufacturers use the portal, we are confident that companies will quickly come to appreciate the resulting time savings and workflow improvements.
The OHCig Portal rollout is taking place in three stages, based on certification type:
- October 2025: All companies began using the system for quarterly and supplemental certifications.
- April 2026: Annual certifications will be added to the system.
- Summer 2026: Initial certifications will be added to the system.
Once a certification type is available on OHCig, companies must use the system to file that certification.
UPDATE April 1, 2026: Stage 2 of the OHCig Portal rollout is complete. The Portal can now be used to submit all annual, quarterly, and supplemental certifications. As a reminder, each company should ensure that its Signature Authority Users have been set up and approved BEFORE its first certification deadline (for assistance, see the Quick Guide under OHCig Resources below).