The State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System, first released in 1999, underwent its first major system redesign and was released to the general public in July 2004 with the following new features:

• The trend report feature, which allows users to compare multiple states over multiple years and to create graphs, including bar charts and line graphs.
• Multiple file output options, including html output to view the results on a web page or Microsoft (MS) Excel output to export the results to an MS Excel spreadsheet.
• Increased system usability through enhanced navigation and expanded help for users, including a new Getting Started module.
• A related links page where users can easily access other relevant web sites.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2001 and 2002.
• Adult Cigarette Use data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2003.
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2003.
  

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Smokefree Indoor Air Legislation data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2001 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2002 and 2003.
  

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Cigarette Sales data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 2003.
• Tobacco Settlement Revenue data from National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 2000 to 2003.
• Smokefree Indoor Air Legislation data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2004 (1st, 2nd and 3rd quarter data).

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• The Tobacco Control Highlights 2005 Report feature, which displays current state-based information on the prevalence of tobacco use, the health impact and costs associated with tobacco use, and tobacco excise tax drawing from multiple sources within the system. This report includes tabular and graphic output options as well as a feature to export to PDF.
• Legislation-Smokefree Indoor Air (All Sites) data in the State Comparison report format.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Demographics data from United States Census Bureau (USCB), 2003.
• Federal and National Investment data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2003.
• Smoking-Attributable Mortality (SAM) data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 1997-2001 (Annual Average).
• Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 1997-2001 (Annual Average).
• Productivity Losses data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 1997-2001 (Annual Average).
• Excise Tax data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2001 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2002 through 2004.
  

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• Data Sources page, which displays the different sources from which the data within STATE System were obtained along with the years they are available.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Youth Access on Cigarette Sales data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995-2005.
• Youth Access on Cigarette Vending Machines data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995-2005.
• Preemption on Youth Access data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995-2005.
• Preemption on Smokefree Indoor Air data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995-2005.
• Legislative data on Excise Tax and Smokefree Indoor Air Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2005 (1st and 2nd quarter data).
• Demographics data from United States Census Bureau (USCB), 2004.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Licensure - Over the Counter data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Licensure - Vending Machines data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Licensure - Retail Tobacco Products data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Legislative data on Excise Tax, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2005 (3rd quarter data).
• Youth Cessation data from Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2000 through 2004.
• Smokefree Policies in Worksites data from Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-1999 and 2001-2002.
• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use and Current Smoking data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2004.
• Adult Current Smoking data (2 yrs - Race/Ethnicity) from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2003-2004.
• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use, Current Smoking, Daily Consumption, Cigar Use, Pipe Use and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 2001-2002.
• Youth Cigarette Use and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2000 through 2004.
• Sales to Minors data (Synar Amendment) from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2004 and 2005.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Advertising Restrictions data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Preemption on Advertising data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Preemption Summary data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2002 (4th quarter data) and quarterly data for 2003 through 2005.
• Legislative data on Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2005 (4th quarter data).
• Tobacco Agriculture data from Economic Research Service (ERS), 1970 to 2005.
• Demographics data from United States Census Bureau (USCB), 2005.
• Federal and National Investment data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2004 and 2005.
• Cigarette Sales data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 1970 to 2004.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use and Current Smoking data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2005.
• Adult Current Smoking data (2 yrs - Race/Ethnicity) from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2004-2005.
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2005.
• Youth Cigarette Use, Smokeless Tobacco Use and Cessation data from Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 1999 and 2005.
• Cigarette Sales data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 2005.
• Tobacco Settlement Revenue data from National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 1999, 2004 and 2005.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2006 (3rd quarter data).

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• The entire STATE System Web site was redesigned to match the newly released Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site.
• The Detailed, Comparison and Trend reports have been updated to be more printer friendly.
• The Related Links page has been consolidated into the Data Sources page.
• The Acknowledgements page has been updated.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2006 (4th quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2007 (1st quarter data).
• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use and Current Smoking data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2006.
• Adult Current Smoking data (2 yrs - Race/Ethnicity) from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2005-2006.
• Cigarette Sales data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 2006.
• Tobacco Agriculture data from Economic Research Service (ERS), 2006.
• Demographics data from United States Census Bureau (USCB), 2006.

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• The Tobacco Control Highlights 2007 Report feature, which displays current state-based information on the prevalence of tobacco use, the health impact and costs associated with tobacco use, and tobacco excise tax drawing from multiple sources within the system. This report includes tabular and graphic output options as well as a feature to export to PDF.
• The Data Sources and Related Links has been slightly redesigned.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use, Current Smoking, Daily Consumption, Cigar Use, Pipe Use and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 2003.
• Smokefree Rules in Homes data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 2003.
• Smokefree Policies in Worksites data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), 2003.
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2006.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Tobacco Settlement Revenue data from National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 2006.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Federal and National Investment in Tobacco Control from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2006

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• The Data Sources and Related Links has been updated to include "Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2007".

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• CDC’s Best Practices Recommendations - Per Capita (OSH), 2007.
• CDC’s Best Practices Recommendations - Totals (OSH), 2007.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2007 (2nd quarter data).
• Sales to Minors data (Synar Amendment) from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2006.

The following data have been removed from the STATE System:

• CDC Recommended Funding (OSH), 1999.
• Funding as a % of CDC's Best Practices Recommendations (OSH), 2001-2002.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Actual Funding (OSH), 2007.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2007 (3rd quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2007.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2007 (4th quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Demographics data from United States Census Bureau (USCB), 2007.
• Cigarette Sales data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 2007.

New features that are available in the STATE System:

• The “CDC’s Best Practices Recommendations” funding topic has been renamed “CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Investment."
• The “CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Investment" Comparison report has been updated to include HTML output to view the results on a web page or Microsoft (MS) Excel output to export the results to an MS Excel spreadsheet (the PDF output has been removed).
• Detail report for "CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Investment” has been added.
• The "CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Investment as a Percent of Tobacco Tax and Tobacco Settlement Revenues” Detail and Comparison reports have been added.
• The Funding Glossary has been updated to reflect the new CDC Best Practices.
• The Funding Methodology has been updated to reflect the new CDC Best Practices.
• The “Smokefree Indoor Air Fact Sheet” has been updated.
• The “Excise Tax Fact Sheet” has been added.
• The “Publications” section has been updated with four new journal articles/reports.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Net Tobacco Tax Revenue data from Orzechowski and Walker (OW), 2006.
• Tobacco Settlement Revenue data from National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), 2007.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Adult Cessation, Cigarette Use and Current Smoking data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2007.
• Adult Current Smoking data (2 yrs - Race/Ethnicity) from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2006-2007.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2008 (1st quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2008 (1st quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Sales to Minors data (Synar Amendment) from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2007.
• Tobacco Agriculture data from National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 2007.
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2007.
  All the YRBS confidence interval data has been replaced with new upper and lower confidence interval limits.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Actual funding data from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), 2001-2005.
• Legislative data on Advertising, Excise Tax, Licensure, Preemption, Smokefree Indoor Air and Youth Access Legislation from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 2008 (2nd quarter data).

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Fire Safe Cigarette legislative data from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2008.
• Smokefree Indoor Air legislative data on Hotels and Motels from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2008.
• Smokefree Indoor Air legislative data on Multi-Unit Housing from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2008.
• Smokefree Indoor Air legislative data on Personal Vehicles, Day Care Center Vehicles, Government Worksite Vehicles, and Private Worksite Vehicles from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2008.
• Expanded Smokefree Indoor Air legislative data on Restaurant and Bar Restrictions from Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), 1995 to 2008.
• The “Day Care Centers Fact Sheet” has been added.
• The “Preemption Fact Sheet” has been added.

New data that are available in the STATE System:

• Smoking-Attributable Mortality (SAM) data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2000-2004 (Annual Average).
• Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2000-2004 (Annual Average).
• Productivity Losses data from Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC), 2000-2004 (Annual Average).
• Youth Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Use data from the Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS), 2008.