CDC STATE System: U.S. State E-Cigarette Tax Legislation, 1995-2025

1995-2025 state-level legislative data on e-cigarette excise taxes is tracked by the CDC's STATE System. The dataset includes enacted and effective dates, tax provisions, and geographic details for all 50 U.S. states and territories. Data are reported quarterly, providing a historical record of policy changes.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in e-cigarette tax adoption using YEAR, Quarter, Enacted_Date, and Effective_Date.
• Mapping state-level tax policy differences using LocationDesc, ProvisionValue, and ProvisionDesc.
• Correlating tax policy with geographic or demographic factors using GeoLocation (state) and ProvisionAltValue.
• Tracking the legislative lifecycle of specific tax measures using ProvisionID, Citation, and Comments.

Strengths

• Covers a 30-year time range from 1995 to 2025.
• Includes granular geographic data down to the city and zip code level via GeoLocation columns.
• Provides detailed legislative metadata including provision descriptions, citations, and comments.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing preview of data structure and values.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Legislative data is tracked and reported on a quarterly basis.

Time Range

1995-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-01 11:36:17; data is reported quarterly.

Geography

U.S. states and territories.