"Since 1993, Texas STEP has provided direct training to more than 5,500 officers and educators, who in turn have provided tobacco compliance education and materials to over 10 million Texans around the state, with 6.6 million of those being school-aged youth. 

Those participating law enforcement officers have educated another 15,000 officers, over 37,000 tobacco retailers, conducted more than 80,000 tobacco "stings" and 85,000 compliance inspections of tobacco retailers since Senate Bill #55, (75th Leg), Texas' comprehensive tobacco enforcement act, was signed into law in 1997.

The reward of this diligence in education and enforcement reveals itself as Texas' violation rates regarding underage sales of tobacco stand near 5%, far less than the 20% federal performance standard mandated under the Synar Amendment of 1992."

- H.M. Hancock, Director of Texas STEP