Robert McMillen's Blog
Recent Articles
- Results from the Mississippi Adult Tobacco Survey
- Methods for the Mississippi Adult Tobacco Survey
- Almost three-quarters of Mississippi Adults Favor a Statewide Smoke-free Law
- 49 Mississippi Communities Now Have Comprehensive Smoke Free Ordinances
- Economic Effects of Smoke-Free Ordinances in Mississippi Communities: An Examination of Tourism And Economic Development Tax Revenues
- Latest Releases
Surveillance
Goals
The goals of the Mississippi Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program are to reduce initiation of tobacco use among youth, promote tobacco cessation among youth and adults, eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke, and reduce disparities among specific populations.
Data
Our surveillance efforts are designed to measure and detail progress towards these goals using numerous primary and secondary data sources. These data sets include the
- Youth Tobacco Survey
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- Mississippi University Student Survey
- Social Climate Study (Adults)
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Adults)
- Tobacco Use Supplement
- Per Capita Consumption
Publications
Read our publications on on smoke-free policies, tobacco control, tobacco use and more.
