Active Tobacco and Vapor Retailers in New York State with Vendor Types and Locations

Active retail tobacco and vapor product vendors operating in New York State, sourced from a DOH database. The data includes vendor names, types, and location details such as street address, city, county, and zip code. The dataset was last updated on 2026-01-30 16:35:35.

Use Cases

• Mapping vendor density by county using COUNTY and VENDOR TYPE columns.
• Analyzing vendor distribution relative to school districts using School Districts 2016.shp and ADDRESS columns.
• Identifying vendor types (e.g., convenience stores) by municipality using VENDOR TYPE and MUNICIPALITY columns.
• Joining with demographic data using ZIP or New York Zip Codes columns for health disparity studies.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic identifiers such as COUNTY, CITY, ZIP, and NYS Senate Districts.
• Specifies vendor operational status as 'active' on the date of extraction.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Extracted from a New York State Department of Health (DOH) database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-30 16:35:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, United States.