Fact Sheets and Reports
Health Equity
The Story of Inequity website paints a picture of the tobacco use problem among several of Californiaās vulnerable populations and serves as a tool to hold CTCP accountable for preventing and reducing tobacco use among these groups.
Factsheets
This fact sheet contains information on LGBTQ+ youth disparities in tobacco and cannabis use, and tobacco-related behaviors, attitudes, home rules, and secondhand smoke exposure. This fact sheet is using data from the 2023 California Youth Tobacco Survey. ā
This fact sheet explores differences in youth
tobacco use based on rurality and geographic region. The fact sheet is using
data from the 2023 California Youth Tobacco Survey.
Mental Health Youth Fact Sheet 2024 (PDF)āā
Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among California Youth by General Mental Health factsheet uses data from the 2023 California Youth Tobacco Survey to explore youth tobacco and cannabis use, secondhand exposure, home rules about tobacco use, and tobaccoā related attitudes by general mental health status.
These figures summarize the data from the 2024 Synar Tobacco Purchase Survey (STPS). The STPS is an annual statewide survey that has been conducted since 2017 to evaluate retailer compliance with Californiaās Tobacco 21 legislation, which sets the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco at 21.ā
āProposition 56 requires that CDPH/CTPP use a portion of allocated funds to focus on reducing disparities among priority populations disproportionately affected by the health consequences associated with tobacco use. This factsheet was created by researchers at UCSD and highlights disparities in California adult and youth tobacco use by select priority populations both before and after the implementation of Proposition 56. Future evaluations are planned for 2025 and 2027.ā
The Online California Adult Tobacco Survey (Online CATS) is an online survey that gathers data on tobacco use behavior and tobacco-related beliefs among California residents age 18 to 64. This document highlights data from Online CATS 2023, specifically tobacco use, flavored tobacco use, tobacco cessation, attitudes on tobacco-related policy statements, and secondhand exposure.
These figures summarize the data from the 2023 Synar Tobacco Purchase Survey (STPS). The STPS is an annual statewide survey that has been conducted since 2017 to evaluate retailer compliance with Californiaās Tobacco 21 legislation, which sets the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco at 21.ā
The Online California Adult Tobacco Survey (Online CATS) is an online survey that gathers data on tobacco use behavior and tobacco-related beliefs among California residents age 18 to 64. This document highlights data from Online CATS 2022, specifically poly-tobacco use, tobacco cessation, attitudes on tobacco-related policy statements, and secondhand exposure.
These figures summarize the data from the 2022 Synar Tobacco Purchase Survey (STPS). The STPS is an annual statewide survey that has been conducted since 2017 to evaluate retailer compliance to Californiaās Tobacco 21 legislation.
This fact sheet provides information about health harms caused by tobacco and cannabis use during pregnancy, along with tobacco and cannabis use rates before, during, and after pregnancy
American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Fact Sheet 2022 (PDF)
This fact sheet contains information on American Indian and Alaska Native youth tobacco and marijuana use disparities. The data for this fact sheet come from the 2019ā20 California Student Tobacco Survey.
The purpose of the adult infographic is to provide basic information on tobacco use among adults in California to the public, CTPP local lead agencies, and tobacco control partners across the state. This infographic introduces the audience on prevalence of tobacco use, flavored tobacco products use among current users of the product, cessation, and secondhand smoke exposure among adults in California.
The purpose of the youth infographic is to provide basic information on tobacco use among youth in California to the public, CTPP local lead agencies, and tobacco control partners across the state. This infographic introduces the audience on prevalence of tobacco use, flavored tobacco products use among current users of the product, cessation, and secondhand smoke and vapor exposure among youth in California.
This fact sheet provides information about cessation and use of cessation resources for both adults and youth in California. The data for this fact sheet were drawn from the California Health Interview Survey 2017ā18, Kick It California (formerly the California Smokersā Helpline) Caller Intake Reports January-June 2020, and the Statewide 2017ā18 California Student Tobacco Survey.
Reports
This report presents results from the Local Flavors and No Sales Policies Economic Impact Analysis Study. The study used retail scanner sales data from April 2018 to December 2022, and drawn from more than 3,000 California stores, to estimate the economic impact of local policies restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products and those ending the sale of all tobacco products. Reported outcomes include the estimated policy effect on the sale of tobacco products (overall and those restricted under the policy), non-tobacco products that reflect the broader economic impact on retailers, and tobacco products in border areas to assess cross-border shopping.
This report summarizes results from the 2022 California Tobacco Retail Surveillance Study on the availability and marketing of tobacco products in California. Drawing on a stratified random sample of 1350 state-licensed tobacco retailers, focal products in this report are: (1) any and menthol cigarettes, (2) cigarillos (separately) and a combined category of cigarillos, little filtered cigars, and blunt/cigar wraps, (3) nicotine pouches and other smokeless tobacco, (4) hookah pipes and shisha tobacco, (5) and nicotine vape products.
Teens Nicotine and Tobacco Online Survey Report 2023 (PDF, 2.7 MB)
This report summarizes the main results from the third wave of the Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco (TNT) Project Online Survey, which was a statewide online survey conducted in California during 2023.ā
āāāCalifornia American Indian Tobacco Initiative Final Evaluatiāāon Reportāā
CTPP has been working to address the disproportional impact of tobacco on priority populations throughout California. To address this, CTPP funded several projects, including the California Tribal Initiative to Reduce Tobacco-Related Disparities (American Indian Initiative). The California American Indian Tobacco Initiative Evaluation (CATIE) completed the initial five-year contract to evaluate the impact and outcomes resulting from the American Indian Initiative.ā
The California Tobacco Facts and Figures report highlights progress made toward Californiaās goals to create tobacco-free communities, promote tobacco use prevention and cessation, and end tobacco industry influence. The 2024 report, released May 2024, includes updated statewide estimates from the California Health Interview Survey 2022, California Youth Tobacco Survey 2023, and Online California Adult Tobacco Survey 2023.ā
This report presents results of the Statewide 2023 California Youth Tobacco Survey (CYTS) and details current trends in youth tobacco use in California. In 2023, 7.3% of California high school students reported the current use of any tobacco product. Vapes were the most used tobacco product, with 5.9% of youth reporting current use. A substantial majority of respondents who reported currently using tobacco also reported using flavored tobacco products (85.6%), with flavored tobacco use being highest for vapes (89.1%) out of all tobacco products.ā
āCalifornia Tobacco Facts and Figures Report 2022 - Released May 2023 (PDF, 1 MB)
The California Tobacco Facts and Figures report is a reference for recent tobacco control statistics for the state of California. The 2022 report, released May 2023, includes updated statewide estimates from the California Health Interview Survey 2021, California Youth Tobacco Survey 2022, and Online California Adult Tobacco Survey 2022.
This report presents results of the Statewide 2022 California Youth Tobacco Survey (CYTS) and details current trends in youth tobacco use in California. The report showed that in 2022, 6.6% of California high school students reported the current use of any tobacco product. Vapes were the most used tobacco product, with 5.6% of youth reporting current use. Almost all current tobacco users reported using flavored tobacco products (86.3%), with the flavored tobacco use being highest for vapes (91.7%) out of all tobacco products.
This report describes the methods and evaluation results from the Tobacco-Free for Recovery Initiative and the California Behavioral Health and Wellness Initiative. These interventions were aimed at improving tobacco and other wellness policies in residential behavioral treatment programs as well as providing training and technical assistance to other behavioral health/substance use disorder programs funded by CTCP.
This report summarizes the main results from the second wave of the Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco (TNT) Project Online Survey, which was a statewide online survey conducted in California during 2022.
This 2021 report is a reference for recent tobacco control statistics for the state of California. It includes statewide tobacco data around a variety of topics including electronic smoking devices, flavored tobacco, secondhand smoke, tobacco retail, tobacco policies, and smoking cessation. The 2021 edition includes an expanded section that highlights progress in accelerating and reducing tobacco-related disparities.
This evaluation report describes evaluation activities for the California Tobacco Control Program related to activities supported by federal funding pursuant to DP- 14-1410 Public Health Approaches for Ensuring Quitline Capacity and CDC-RFA DP 15-1509 National State-Based Tobacco Control Program.
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