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TU-13.9 Establish laws in States and the District of Columbia on smoke-free indoor air that prohibit smoking in hotels and motels
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 hotels and motels with 100% smokefree sleeping rooms 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.
Hotels and motels are tracked in the STATE system as "hotels and motels". 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 Hotel and Motel=Banned. In the STATE system under Additional Requirements Sleeping Room Designation = Yes: Sleeping Room Designation (Type) = Smoking Room, Maximum Percent of Sleeping Rooms Designated = 0 OR Sleeping Room Designation =Yes, Sleeping Room Designation (Type)=Non-smoking Room; Minimum Percent of Sleeping Rooms Designated =100
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 hotels and motels with 100% smokefree sleeping rooms 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.
Hotels and motels are tracked in the STATE system as "hotels and motels". 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 Hotel and Motel=Banned. In the STATE system under Additional Requirements Sleeping Room Designation = Yes: Sleeping Room Designation (Type) = Smoking Room, Maximum Percent of Sleeping Rooms Designated = 0 OR Sleeping Room Designation =Yes, Sleeping Room Designation (Type)=Non-smoking Room; Minimum Percent of Sleeping Rooms Designated =100
