Fact Sheets and Reports
Health Equity
The Story of Inequity website paints a picture of the tobacco use problem among several of California’s vulnerable populations and serves as a tool to hold CTCP accountable for preventing and reducing tobacco use among these groups.
Factsheets
These figures summarize the data from the 2025 Synar Tobacco Purchase Survey (STPS). The STPS is an annual statewide survey that has been conducted since 2017 to evaluate retailer compliance with California’s Tobacco 21 legislation, which sets the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco at 21.
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.
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.
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 tobacco 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 California’s Tobacco 21 legislation, which sets the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco at 21.
Proposition 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.
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 California’s Tobacco 21 legislation, which sets the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco at 21.
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 California’s 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
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 2019–20 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 2017–18, Kick It California (formerly the California Smokers’ Helpline) Caller Intake Reports January-June 2020, and the Statewide 2017–18 California Student Tobacco Survey.
Reports
This report summarizes results from the 2023 California Tobacco Retail Surveillance Study (CTRSS) on the availability and marketing of tobacco products in California. Drawing on a stratified random sample of 1280 state-licensed tobacco retailers, product availability overall and by flavor category are reported for: (1) any tobacco product, (2) cigarettes, (3) nicotine pouches, (4) nicotine vapes, (5) cigarillos, and (6) other tobacco (chew/dip/snus, tobacco leaf wraps). This report also compares findings from the 2022 and 2023 CTRSS waves to summarize changes in flavored tobacco visibility and advertising before and after California’s flavored tobacco sales restriction went into effect.
This report presents results of the 2024 Online California Adult Tobacco Survey (Online CATS), with a focus on the use of various products, secondhand exposure, and tobacco-related beliefs. The 2024 version of the survey is the first year that the survey was expanded to include all California adults aged 18 and over.
The California Tobacco Facts and Figures report compiles data on tobacco product use and cessation efforts among Californians. The report also emphasizes data aimed at creating communities free from secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco product waste, along with information related to tobacco industry marketing and public support for policies to curb the industry's influence. The 2025 report presents updated statewide estimates derived from the California Health Interview Survey, California Youth Tobacco Survey, and the Online California Adult Tobacco Survey.
This report summarizes findings from three studies evaluating the economic impacts of local and statewide flavored tobacco sales restrictions and no sales of tobacco policies on key stakeholders, tobacco tax revenues, and the local and state economy. Findings provide evidence that local and state tobacco sales restriction policies reduce tobacco sales substantially and have significant fiscal impacts on tobacco excise tax revenues and tax-supported program funding.
This report presents results from the Projected Impacts of Local Restrictions on the Sale of Tobacco Products on Tobacco Excise Tax Revenues and State Program Funding Study. The report uses empirical estimates of the impacts of local flavored tobacco sales restrictions and no sales of tobacco policies on tobacco product retail sales using retail scanner sales data to model these policies’ impacts on Proposition 56 and Proposition 99 tax revenues. Report outcomes include the projected impacts on tobacco excise tax revenues of two counterfactual scenarios: (1) one scenario in which no California cities had implemented a local flavors policy or a no-sales of tobacco policy and (2) one scenario in which all California cities had implemented the local policy of interest.
This report presents results of the Statewide 2024 California Youth Tobacco Survey (CYTS) and details current trends in youth tobacco use in California. In 2024, 6.4% of California high school students reported the current use of any tobacco product (i.e., vapes, nicotine pouches, cigarettes, little cigars or cigarillos, cigars, hookah, smokeless tobacco, heated tobacco in the past 30 days). Vapes (also known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) were the most used tobacco product, with 5.0% of youth reporting current use. The use of nicotine pouches increased to 1.4% and became the second most used product among youth in California.
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.
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.
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.
The California Tobacco Facts and Figures report highlights progress made toward California’s 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.
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.
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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