American Lung Association report card grades state tobacco control activities
The American Lung Association issued its annual report grading all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in four categories: smokefree air, tobacco taxes, prevention funding, and restrictions on youth access to tobacco products. For the second year in a row, the only state to earn an “A” grade in all four categories was Maine. Click here to find information for your state.

CTFK: Updated Tobacco's Toll Sheets
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has updated national and state-specific tobacco's toll numbers and health costs. All fact-sheets on the website are up-to-date. For state-specific sheets not available online (Long-form state tobacco's toll sheets and state specific estimates of cost savings), contact Jessica Kuehne at jkuehne@tobaccofreekids.org. Please specify: a) which specific factsheet; b) for which state; and c) when you need it by.

State-specific prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults and secondhand smoke rules and policies in homes and workplaces, United States, 2005
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to assess the state-specific prevalence of current smoking among adults in the United States and the proportions of adults who report having smoke-free home rules and smoke-free policies in their workplace. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated a threefold difference (from lowest to highest) in self-reported cigarette smoking prevalence in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) (range: 8.3%-28.7%). Wide variations also were observed in USVI and the 14 states that assessed prevalence of smoke-free home rules and smoke-free workplace policies. Click here to view the Journal of the American Medical Association article.

The NSDUH Report: Cigarette brand preference in 2005
Respondents in SAMHSA's 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health who reported smoking part or all of a cigarette in the past month were asked to report which cigarette brand they smoked most often during that time. Brand preferences did not differ significantly between 2002 and 2005. Click here to access the survey findings.

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