CDC STATE System: U.S. State E-Cigarette and Smokefree Campus Laws, 1995-2025

1995-2025 state-level legislative data on tobacco control policies, reported quarterly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The STATE System tracks enacted laws, focusing on smokefree indoor air policies for campuses in private and public colleges and K-12 schools. Data include provisions, citations, effective dates, and geographic locations.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in smokefree campus policy adoption over time using YEAR, Quarter, and Enacted_Date columns.
• Map the geographic distribution of e-cigarette legislation using LocationDesc, GeoLocation (state), and ProvisionDesc columns.
• Compare legislative details and provisions across states using ProvisionValue, Citation, and Effective_Date columns.
• Assess the scope of smokefree policies by institution type using MeasureDesc and ProvisionGroupDesc columns.

Strengths

• Data spans 30 years (1995-2025), providing a long-term view of policy evolution.
• Includes granular legislative details such as citations, effective dates, and provision descriptions from over 25 available columns.
• Data is updated quarterly and sourced from the authoritative CDC STATE System.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System.

Collection Method

State-level legislative data tracked and reported on a quarterly basis.

Time Range

1995-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-01 11:31:16; updated quarterly.

Geography

U.S. states and territories.