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TU-13.7 Establish laws in States and the District of Columbia on smoke-free indoor air that prohibit smoking in home-based daycare centers
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 for home-based daycare centers 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.
Home-based daycare centers are tracked in the STATE system as "home-based day care centers". To be counted as prohibiting smoking, states should be coded as "banned" or "restriction in effect when child on premises" in the STATE system.
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 for home-based daycare centers 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.
Home-based daycare centers are tracked in the STATE system as "home-based day care centers". To be counted as prohibiting smoking, states should be coded as "banned" or "restriction in effect when child on premises" in the STATE system.