U.S Tobacco Control Laws Database: Research Applications History of the Database  Collection started in early 1980’s  Database created in 1985  Database includes records back to 1914  the earliest smoking control ordinance is a 1936 Milwaukee, WI law prohibiting smoking on buses, and the earliest Youth Access ordinance is a 1914 Houston, MO law prohibiting sales to minors What’s in the Database?  Clean Indoor Air /Smokefree laws      Local and State Youth Access Advertising Excise Taxes Conditional Use Permits (CUP’s)  Database is a repository of close to 8500 laws in close to 4000 municipalities; all 50 states (for clean indoor air)  323 fields in each record Process of Collecting Laws  Mail Solicitations   ANR Foundation’s own Partnership mailings with others  Monitoring news services   Daily updates from Information Specialists Newsletters and websites  Advocates, Colleagues, and Elected Officials  Our Members Analysis & Data Entry Standardized system designed to ensure objectivity and consistency across all records in the database        Checked in to our system Analyzed by Policy Analyst Simultaneously analyzed by Associate Policy Analyst Discrepancies to Sr Policy Analyst for final decisions Data entered by Policy Analyst Data entry is checked by policy/administrative staff Laws are filed in hard files Comprehensiveness of Collection  98% rate of coverage among cities with a population of 75,000 or more  Smaller cities are a challenge, but we have laws in the database from cities with populations as low as 30 Data Uses  Media Relations & Advocacy  Community education  Surveillance  Evaluation Earned Media November 2, 2005 Annual Trends 525 500 475 450 425 400 375 350 325 300 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 Workplaces° Restaurants‡ Year 2007** 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Bars 1990 Cumulative Number MUNICIPALITIES with LOCAL 100% SMOKEFREE LAWS Cumulative Number Effective* By Year 1990 - 2007 Population Protected Peer Reviewed Publications • National Cancer Institute (NCI) Monographs • Surgeons General’s Reports • Studies and journal articles, including Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Tobacco Control, National Bureau of Economic Research, Annual Review of Public Health, Journal of Social Issues, and British Medical Journal on economic impact, youth smoking prevalence, low birth weight, resale value of restaurants or cars, etc Sample of Research Articles  "Workplace secondhand smoke exposure in the U.S trucking industry," Environmental Health Perspectives 118(2): 216-221, February 2010  “The Diffusion and Impact of Clean Indoor Air Laws,” Annu Rev Public Health, 2008  "Effect of smoking regulations in local restaurants on smokers’ anti-smoking attitudes and quitting behaviours," Tobacco Control, April 2007  "Economic effect of a smoke-free law in a tobacco-growing community," Tobacco Control, February 1, 2007  "Smoke-free laws and secondhand smoke exposure in US non-smoking adults, 1999– 2002," Tobacco Control, August 2006  "The role of research in international tobacco control," American Journal of Public Health, June 2005  “Effect of restrictions on smoking at home, at school, and in public places on teenage smoking: cross sectional study,” British Medical Journal, August 5, 2000 Applications to Related Issues  Tracking acute and chronic disease rates    Pediatric clinics: asthma, ear infections, bronchitis, etc AMI admissions Cancer rates and trends over time  Fewer “cancer clusters” as cities go smokefree? Possible Model for Other Policy Tracking  Are there other potential applications of this type of database?   Exercise and nutrition policies Other areas?  Opportunity to share lessons learned and technical issues from our experience For More Information 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite J Berkeley, CA 94702 510/841-3032 email: anr@no-smoke.org www.no-smoke.org ... smoke-free law in a tobacco- growing community," Tobacco Control, February 1, 2007  "Smoke-free laws and secondhand smoke exposure in US non-smoking adults, 1999– 2002," Tobacco Control, August 2006... Clean Indoor Air Laws, ” Annu Rev Public Health, 2008  "Effect of smoking regulations in local restaurants on smokers’ anti-smoking attitudes and quitting behaviours," Tobacco Control, April 2007... Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Tobacco Control, National Bureau of Economic Research, Annual Review of Public Health, Journal of Social Issues, and British