The Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation evaluated all current statewide Tobacco 21 laws for their alignment with best practices that lead to effective prevention of youth initiation of tobacco and nicotine products. Click on your state below to see how the statewide Tobacco 21 law stacks up!
| State | Grade | Population Covered | Tobacco 21 Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | C | 4,903,185 | August 1, 2021 |
| Arkansas | F | 3,017,804 | September 1, 2019 |
| California | B | 39,512,223 | May 4, 2016 |
| Colorado | A | 5,758,736 | June 14, 2020 |
| Connecticut | A | 3,565,287 | June 18, 2019 |
| Delaware | B | 973,764 | July 16, 2019 |
| Florida | F | 21,477,737 | October 1, 2021 |
| Georgia | C | 10,617,423 | July 22, 2020 |
| Guam | B | 168,485 | January 1, 2018 |
| Hawaii | C | 1,415,872 | January 1, 2016 |
| Illinois | C | 12,671,821 | July 1, 2019 |
| Indiana | B | 6,732,219 | July 1, 2020 |
| Iowa | F | 3,155,070 | June 29, 2020 |
| Kentucky | C | 4,467,673 | March 26, 2020 |
| Louisiana | B | 4,648,794 | August 1, 2021 |
| Maine | C | 1,344,212 | July 1, 2018 |
| Maryland | C | 6,045,680 | October 1, 2019 |
| Massachusetts | A | 6,892,503 | December 21, 2018 |
| Minnesota | A | 5,639,632 | May 16, 2020 |
| Mississippi | F | 2,976,149 | July 8, 2020 |
| Nebraska | F | 1,934,408 | August 15, 2020 |
| Nevada | C | 3,080,156 | May 27, 2021 |
| New Hampshire | C | 1,359,711 | July 29, 2020 |
| New Jersey | C | 8,882,190 | November 1, 2017 |
| New Mexico | F | 2,096,829 | August 30, 2020 |
| New York | A | 19,453,561 | November 13, 2019 |
| North Dakota | F | 762,062 | August 1, 2021 |
| Ohio | F | 11,689,100 | October 17, 2019 |
| Oklahoma | F | 3,956,971 | May 16, 2020 |
| Oregon | F | 4,217,737 | August 9, 2017 |
| Pennsylvania | C | 12,801,989 | July 1, 2020 |
| Rhode Island | C | 1,059,000 | July 7, 2021 |
| South Dakota | F | 884,659 | March 2, 2020 |
| Tennessee | C | 6,829,174 | January 1, 2021 |
| Texas | F | 28,995,881 | June 7, 2019 |
| Utah | C | 3,205,958 | July 1, 2020 |
| Vermont | C | 623,989 | September 1, 2019 |
| Virginia | F | 8,535,519 | July 1, 2019 |
| Washington | C | 7,614,893 | April 5, 2019 |
| Washington, D.C. | C | 705,749 | February 18, 2017 |
| Wyoming | F | 578,759 | March 13, 2020 |