Click on a state in the map below to get information on its current tobacco control laws, including state restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces, tobacco excise taxes, and much more. To read more about what SLATI is, click here. Additionally, below the map you will find a list of the tobacco law categories in SLATI and the types of things you will most likely find under each.
Each state's page also features a link to the American Lung Association's 2006 State of Tobacco Control Report page for that state. The State of Tobacco Control report is a separate American Lung Association report that grades key state tobacco control policies. For more information on this report, click here.
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SLATI Database
Each of the individual state SLATI reports contains information
about tobacco control laws and policy currently in effect
with citations that refer you back to the specific state
law cited. The year after the citation is when the specific
law was last changed. The data is organized under the following
headers. Here are brief descriptions of what you can expect
to find there.
·
Clean Indoor Air
o Summarizes
the current law(s) and policies restricting smoking in the
state, including laws that prevent local communities from
passing local laws stronger than the state law
·
Tobacco Excise Taxes
o
Shows the cigarette and other tobacco product tax rates, date the cigarette tax last changed, and the year the cigarette tax was first enacted, along with how the funds from the taxes in some states are distributed.
·
Youth Access
o
List of tobacco laws in place regarding sales
to minors, methods of compliance and enforcement, penalties
and fines for non-compliance and other related provisions.
·
Restrictions on Distribution of Tobacco
Product Samples or Sales of Single Cigarettes
o
Listing of laws regarding the distribution
of tobacco product samples and the sale of single cigarettes
in the state.
·
Restrictions on the Sale of Tobacco Products
in Vending Machines
o
Laws restricting the location of tobacco product
vending machines and the sale of tobacco products from vending
machines.
·
Licensing Requirements
o
Laws outlining the methods for obtaining and maintaining a license to sell tobacco products in that state. Different classes of licenses are explained where applicable, along with fees, potential fines for not obtaining a license and other related information.
·
Smoker Protection Laws
o
Summarizes laws that prohibit employers in
the state from discriminating against employees or prospective
employees based on their use of tobacco products.
·
Advertising and Promotion
o
Tobacco laws placing restrictions on the advertising
and promotion of tobacco products in the state. Details
regarding advertising placement, promotional channels, geographical
location of signs/billboards, and other related information
are listed here.
·
Product Disclosure
o
Details on what materials, substances and
general information (if any) the state requires tobacco
companies to make public.
·
Tobacco Divestment
o
Whether or not the state has placed any restrictions
or limited certain financial investments with companies
in the tobacco industry.
·
Tobacco Liability
o
Provides details about laws created to address
the issue of lawsuits against the tobacco industry for tobacco-related
health conditions.
·
Tobacco Settlement
o
Lists how much is spent in a given fiscal
year on tobacco prevention programs, and describes how Master
Settlement Agreement/ separate tobacco settlement funds
are distributed in the state.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.
Last updated: 5/9/08 |
