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TU-13.10 Establish laws in States and the District of Columbia on smoke-free indoor air that prohibit smoking in multiunit housing
About the Data: National
Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.
Number of states and the District of Columbia with comprehensive laws in the living areas of public and private multiunit housing prohibiting smoking.
Newly enacted state tobacco-control legislation is downloaded from Westlaw, an on-line legal database. CDC, Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) searches the Westlaw LEGIS-ALL database for all 50 states and D.C.’s enacted bills for the quarter using date restrictions. The bills are coded according to variables identified by CDC, OSH, which include the comprehensiveness of the law, includes smoking areas permitted or required, separately ventilated smoking areas required, and no smoking allowed. In some cases, data on enforcement authority, penalty for violation, and signage required are also collected.
Multiunit housing is tracked in the STATE system as "Private Multi-Unit Housing" and "Government Multi-Unit Housing". To be counted as prohibiting smoking, states should be coded using the following criteria in the STATE system"
In the STATE System under Restrictions
Type of Restriction in Lobby and Common Area of Government Multi-Unit Housing : Banned
AND
Type of Restriction in Lobby and Common Area of Private Multi-Unit Housing: Banned
AND
In the STATE system under Restrictions
Type of Restriction in Living Area of Government Multi-Unit Housing : Banned
AND
Type of Restriction in Living Area of Private Multi-Unit Housing: Banned
About the Data: State
Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the state-level data.
Number of states and the District of Columbia with comprehensive laws in the living areas of public and private multiunit housing prohibiting smoking.
Newly enacted state tobacco-control legislation is downloaded from Westlaw, an on-line legal database. CDC, Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) searches the Westlaw LEGIS-ALL database for all 50 states and D.C.’s enacted bills for the quarter using date restrictions. The bills are coded according to variables identified by CDC, OSH, which include the comprehensiveness of the law, includes smoking areas permitted or required, separately ventilated smoking areas required, and no smoking allowed. In some cases, data on enforcement authority, penalty for violation, and signage required are also collected.
Multiunit housing is tracked in the STATE system as "Private Multi-Unit Housing" and "Government Multi-Unit Housing". To be counted as prohibiting smoking, states should be coded using the following criteria in the STATE system"
In the STATE System under Restrictions
Type of Restriction in Lobby and Common Area of Government Multi-Unit Housing : Banned
AND
Type of Restriction in Lobby and Common Area of Private Multi-Unit Housing: Banned
AND
In the STATE system under Restrictions
Type of Restriction in Living Area of Government Multi-Unit Housing : Banned
AND
Type of Restriction in Living Area of Private Multi-Unit Housing: Banned
