Twenty states and the District of Columbia limit smoking in private worksites. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have laws restricting smoking in state government worksites, but only 13 of these states meet the nation's Healthy People 2000 objective. Twenty-eight states and D.C. have laws that limit smoking in commercial day care centers. Of these states, only 22 meet the Healthy People 2000 objective. Thirty states and D.C. have laws that restrict smoking in restaurants.
All states prohibit the sale of tobacco products to minors.
Twenty-three states and D.C. may suspend or revoke a retail tobacco products license for violation of youth access laws, an increase of 11 states since the 1995 report. Forty-one states and D.C. have restrictions on cigarette vending machines. Nineteen states and D.C. meet the Healthy People 2000 objective to ban cigarette vending machines in areas accessible to minors, an increase of eight states since the 1995 report. Only 13 states have legislation that restricts the advertising and promotion of tobacco products. All states have an excise tax on cigarettes.