State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System Update

The State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System is an electronic data warehouse containing up-to-date and historical state-level data on tobacco use prevention and control. The STATE System is available on the Internet at the following address: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/STATESystem  
 
The System has recently been updated with new data.

New data available include:

• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Fire Safe Cigarettes, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access from Office on Smoking and Health, 2010 (2nd quarter data).
• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use and Current Smoking data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2009.
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2009.

Please visit the STATE System at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/STATESystem

Source: e-mail communication from Joel London with CDC/Office on Smoking and Health.