Table 2

 The number of states and territories out of 59 that met the stated criteria for the years indicated

19961997199819992000
* There were no targets set for 1996.
A law prohibiting tobacco sales to youths under 185959595959
The law has no loopholes5656565757
Completed a valid but flawed survey5654585857
Completed a survey of high quality4144545454
Conducted compliance tests for enforcement4451535455
Conducted compliance tests and penalised violators4151525454
Failed to attain their original violation rate target*791412
The number of states with violation rates under 20%412212432