Factsheets, Tobacco Policy Reports and Resources

For more information on specific tobacco policy topics, click on the links below:

• Smokefree Laws and Policies
   
• Tobacco Taxes
   
• Funding for State Tobacco Control Programs
   
• Big Tobacco on Campus: Ending the Addiction – September 2008
  This trend alert examines the issue of smoking on college campuses, tobacco industry marketing to college students and policies that colleges can put into place to stop this.
   
• An Emerging Deadly Trend - Waterpipe Tobacco Use - February 2007
  This trend alert looks at the science behind hookah tobacco use, a relatively new tobacco use trend in the United States, and seeks to correct the misperception that hookah tobacco use is harmless.
   
• From Joe Camel to Kauai Kolada - The Marketing of Candy - Flavored Cigarettes- May 2006
  This trend alert summarizes the history of different flavorings in cigarettes, provides evidence of how these new types of cigarettes appeal to youth, and describes state and federal efforts to prohibit their sale.
   
• Laws that Prevent Stronger Local Tobacco Control Laws
  Some states keep local communities from passing tougher tobacco control laws.  Is your state one of them?
   
• State “Smoker Protection” Laws
  Lists state laws that elevate smokers to a protected class.

For summary information on state tobacco control laws and state tobacco control legislation, see below:

• SLATI Overview
  • This report provides an overview of tobacco control laws and related information for all U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 12 key areas.
   
  
• State Tobacco Control Legislation - reports that summarize tobacco control legislation passed in recent years. Bills are linked back to original bill language where possible:
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006

See how your state measures up!  View the 2007 State of Tobacco Control report.

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Last updated: 10/27/08