Analyzes the way tobacco companies tried to influence the outcome of a government-commissioned study issued in 2001 by examining internal company documents released as a result of court action.  From the journal PLOS Medicine.

Analyzes data from 17 countries that participated in the Global Adult Tobacco Survey to assess whether awareness of antismoking messages in four media channels was associated with a smoker’s intention to quit.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Provides statistics on domestic smokeless tobacco  sales and advertising activities.  Covers quantity of smokeless tobacco products sold, sales revenues,  and advertising/promotion expenditures.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Latest in an irregular series of reports on cigarette sales, advertising, and promotion.  Notes that spending on advertising and promotion of cigarette smoking rose to $8.3 billion.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Covers alcohol use, cigarette smoking, leisure-time physical activity, body mass index, and sleep among U.S. adults to monitor the prevalence of key health behaviors.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

Provides numbers on smoking trends by age groups since 2002.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Provides information and statistics on the connection between mental illness and smoking.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

State specific data for tobacco prevention and control programs including prevalence of tobacco use and percentage of smokers attempting to quit.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Describes the problem of illegal cigarette trafficking within and beyond the state, the profit that results from tax avoidance, and the potential for increased criminal activity that results.  From the State Crime Commission

Reports on surveys which show that regular smoking among Virginia high school students declined from 28.6% in 2001 to 13% in 2011.  From the Office of the Governor

Reports on smokeless tobacco products sales, advertising and promotion by the five largest companies.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Reports on cigarette sales, advertising, and promotion by the five largest U.S. cigarette manufacturers.  From the Federal Trade Commission

Statistics on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by the U.S. population aged 12 and over.  Covers marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, and more.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Reports that the national weighted average rate of tobacco sales to minors in 2011 was 8.5%, the smallest retailer violation rate in the history of the Synar program.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Describes the results of an analysis of tobacco use among youth which found that 23% of high school students and 7% of middle school students were smokers.  Also provides characteristics of users and type of tobacco product used.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Finds a 27% decrease in consumption of all combustible tobacco products in the first decade of the 21^st century.  The survey covers cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This report presents the most recent prevalence estimates and trends of uncontrolled high blood pressure, high-levels of low-density lipoproteins cholesterol, and current cigarette smoking among adults.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

Reports that first-time use for substances peaks during summer months for adolescents whether the substances used are alcohol, marijuana, or cigarettes.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Reviews Virginia’s scores on some privately issued health rankings.  Permits comparisons of Virginia to other states and localities with each other within the state.  From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

Updates estimates for 15 selected health measures including health insurance coverage, usual place for medical care, vaccinations, obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption, leisure-time activity, and serious psychological distress.  From the National Center for Health Statistic

Analyzes a policy involving smoking—a hypothetical increase of 50 cents per pack in the federal excise tax on cigarettes and small cigars—to demonstrate the links between policies that aim to improve health and effects on the federal budget.  Estimates that such a tax increase would increase federal revenues by $41 billion and reduce f ederal spending by less than $1 billion through 2021.  From the Congressional Budget Office

Examines spending on smoking control measures by state since the Master Settlement Agreement and reports that overall the ratio of state tobacco revenues from various sources to state and federal tobacco control appropriations was about 30 to 1. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This report reviews the federal government’s constitutional authority to criminalize the use of marijuana, principles of federalism that curtail federal authority over state treatment of marijuana, unresolved questions about whether state authorization and regulation of medical marijuana is preempted by federal law, and what obligations the Justice Department has to investigate and prosecute violations of federal marijuana laws.   From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.com

Uses data gathered in 14 countries to measure progress toward the banning of all tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorships, as called for by the World Health Organization.  From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Major annual compilation of health statistics about the American people.  2011 issue has special feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health.  Includes 151 trend tables in four major subject areas: health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, and health care expenditures.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

Provides a collection of data on 11, 13, and 15 year old boys’ and girls’ health, well-being, and social environments in 43 countries of Europe and North America.  Also focuses on how inequality affects their development.  Coverage includes adjustment to school, friends, body image, food consumption, physical activity,  risk behaviors, and more.  From the World Health Organization

Federal data show that pregnant black women were more likely than pregnant white or Hispanic women  to have used illicit drugs in the past month and that pregnant black and white women were more likely than pregnant Hispanic women to have used alcohol in the past month.  Pregnant white women were most likely to have smoked during the past month.  From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This report reviews the market shifts in smoking tobacco products since 2009 legislation, examines the impact of market shifts on federal revenue, and describes differences in regulation by the Food and Drug Administration of various smoking tobacco products. From the Government Accountability Office

Reports that during 2010-2011, eight states increased their excise taxes on cigarettes, while one state decreased the tax.  The mean state tax in 2011 was $1.46.  Table shows the state tax in each state for 2011 plus the dollar change from 2010 and the percentage change from 2009. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Provides information on tobacco mortality by country, region/continent, and the world.  Provides for the first time estimates on mortality attributable to tobacco for high, middle, and low income countries as of 2004.  From the World Health Organization