Policy Research

Smoke-free Air Policies

Smoke-Free Restaurant Sign

• The Starkville & Hattiesburg Heart Attack Studies Fact Sheet (PDF, 216 KB)
• Size of Workforce & Amount of Gaming at the Palace Casino Before & After Implementing a Smoke-Free Policy (PDF, 312 KB)
• Economic Effects of Smoke-Free Ordinances in Mississippi Communities (PDF, 309 KB)
• Support Among MSU Students for Tobacco-Free Policies on Campus (PDF, 246 KB)
• May 2011 Quarterly Newsletter – Initiation of Tobacco Use (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Support for Smoke-Free Air (PDF, 345 KB)
• The Starkville & Hattiesburg Heart Attack Studies (PDF, 260KB)
• Mississippi Fact Sheet (PDF, 186KB)
• Batesville Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Cleveland Fact Sheet (PDF, 186KB)
• Clinton Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Columbia Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Natchez Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Pascagoula Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Starkville Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Tupelo Fact Sheet (PDF, 193KB)
• Mississippi Smoke-Free Ordinances
• Universities with Smoke-Free Air Policies. How Does Mississippi Compare? (PDF, 287 KB)
  The American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation is a national repository of local tobacco related ordinances and regulations in the United States. Each quarter, the ANR Foundation releases lists of places with 100% smoke-free air. According to their April 1, 2008 report, almost 150 colleges and universities in the U.S. with entirely smoke-free campuses (although 33 of these campuses allow smoking in limited, remote outdoor areas). Read more about Mississippi’s smokefree air policies.
• First Quarterly Newsletter – Tobacco Smoke Exposure (PDF, 2.14 MB)

• Cigarette Consumption & Cigarette Tax Revenue (PDF, 242 KB)
• State Rankings of Current Cigarette Smoking, June 2011 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (MOV 11MB) Presentation for the Mississippi Health Advocacy Health Forums, April 2009. Download the free Quicktime Player - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
• Learning Module: Cigarette Tax Revenue (MOV 10MB)
• Presentation to Legislative Committee, March 17, 2009: Public Opinion on State Cigarette Tax in Mississippi

Smoke-free Legislation

• Legislative Hearing 19 Jan 2011 (PDF, 3 MB)
• Smoke-Free Air in Mississippi: What do we know? (PDF, 197 KB)
• 100% Smoke-Free Communities in Mississippi (PDF, 360 KB)
• Map of Smoke-Free Communities in Mississippi – click on each city to learn more
• Smoke-Free Legislation Archives
• Cigarette Butts Fact Sheet (PDF, 1 MB)