Statewide Smoking Bans, USA, 9.2008

This data displays on a state to state basis the type of statewide smoking bans that have been enacted into state law.

The information comes from wikipedia and is current as of 9.21.2008. The source cite itself has much more information on the subject including city bans and dates that laws were enacted by state.

Value Scale:

5 = No Statewide Ban

4 = Banned in Non-Hospitality Workplaces

3 = Banned in Restaurants

2 = Banned in Restaurants and Non-Hospitality Workplaces

1 = Banned in Restaurants, Bars, and Non-Hospitality Workplaces

This section shows information about this dataset's attributes
Attributes Range Median Mean Std. Dev.
Values
 
1  to  5
1 2.51 1.80
Number Value that corresponds to type of Ban that a state has on smoking statewide. See details for value definitions.
Bans Text column (no statistics available)
The type of statewide bans that are in place in the state
State Text column (no statistics available)
Name of the State