Tobacco 21 Grades - Tobacco 21

Tobacco 21 Grade Cards

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

C

4,903,185

August 1, 2021

F

3,017,804

September 1, 2019

B

39,512,223

May 4, 2016

A

5,758,736

June 14, 2020

A

3,565,287

June 18, 2019

B

973,764

July 16, 2019

F

21,477,737

October 1, 2021

C

10,617,423

July 22, 2020

B

168,485

January 1, 2018

C

1,415,872

January 1, 2016

C

1,754,000

July 1, 2022

C

12,671,821

July 1, 2019

B

6,732,219

July 1, 2020

F

3,155,070

June 29, 2020

B

2,940,546

April 10, 2023

C

4,467,673

March 26, 2020

B

4,648,794

August 1, 2021

C

1,344,212

July 1, 2018

C

6,045,680

October 1, 2019

A

6,892,503

December 21, 2018

F

9,953,480

July 22, 2022

A

5,639,632

May 16, 2020

F

2,976,149

July 8, 2020

F

1,934,408

August 15, 2020

C

3,080,156

May 27, 2021

C

1,359,711

July 29, 2020

C

8,882,190

November 1, 2017

F

2,096,829

August 30, 2020

A

19,453,561

November 13, 2019

F

762,062

August 1, 2021

F

11,689,100

October 17, 2019

F

3,956,971

May 16, 2020

F

4,217,737

August 9, 2017

C

12,801,989

July 1, 2020

B

1,059,000

July 7, 2021

F

884,659

March 2, 2020

C

6,829,174

January 1, 2021

F

28,995,881

June 7, 2019

C

3,205,958

July 1, 2020

C

623,989

September 1, 2019

B

8,535,519

July 1, 2019

C

7,614,893

April 5, 2019

Washington, D.C.

C

705,749

February 18, 2017

C

1,793,716

June 7, 2024

F

578,759

March 13, 2020