Policy Research

Smoke-free Air Policies

Smoke-free Restaurant Sign

• First Quarterly Newsletter – Tobacco Smoke Exposure (PDF, 2.14 MB)
• 27% Reduction in Heart Attacks Found after Starkville Implements Smoke-Free Ordinance (PDF 293KB)
• Universities with Smokefree Air Policies: How Does Mississippi Compare? (PDF 117KB)
  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% smokefree air. According to their April 1, 2008 report, almost 150 colleges and universities in the U.S. with entirely smokefree campuses (although 33 of these campuses allow smoking in limited, remote outdoor areas). Read more about Mississippi’s smokefree air policies.

State Cigarette Tax

• 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

• Smoke Free Mississippi Communities Timeline (PDF, 751KB)
• Map of Smoke Free Communities in Mississippi – click on each city to learn more
• Model Smoke-Free Ordinance Grant Program (PDF 226 KB)
• Smoke-Free Legislation and the Social Climate of Secondhand Smoke in Mississippi, July 2009 Update (PDF 237KB) The California EPA Air Resources Board recently declared secondhand smoke to be a toxic air contaminant, putting this byproduct of cigarette smoking in the same category as diesel exhaust, and arsenic. Secondhand smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds. At least 43 of these compounds have been demonstrated to cause cancer in humans and animals (Brownson, Eriksen, Davis, & Warner, 1997). Learn more about smoke-free legislation.
• Support for Smoke-free Legislation in Mississippi (PDF 72KB)
• Protecting Children from Secondhand Smoke (PDF 77KB)
• Smoke-free Legislation Archives
• Cigarette Butts Fact Sheet (PDF 892KB)