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Mississippi Department of Health

Core Partners Strategic Plan. Partnership for a Healthy MississippiAmerican Cancer SocietyAmerican Lung AssociationAmerican Heart Association Information Quality Health Care-Tobacco QuitlineMSU Social Science Research CenterMississippi Cancer RegistryMississippi Department of EducationUnive

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Mississippi Department of Health

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    1. Mississippi Department of Health Tobacco Control Strategic Plan June 2006-June 2010

    2. Core Partners Strategic Plan Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi American Cancer Society American Lung Association American Heart Association Information Quality Health Care-Tobacco Quitline MSU Social Science Research Center Mississippi Cancer Registry Mississippi Department of Education University of Southern Mississippi-Center for Tobacco Prevention for Health Promotion

    3. Five Year Plan (4 Goal Areas) Eliminating Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Preventing the Initiation of Tobacco Youth Access to Cessation Resources for Adults and Youth Development of Infrastructure for Tobacco Use Prevention

    4. Goal One: Eliminating Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Reduce the proportion of non-smokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Reduce the proportion of adults reporting exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the workplace.

    5. Goal Two: Preventing the Initiation of Tobacco by Youth Reduce Youth Initiation of tobacco use. Reduce youth smoking prevalence

    6. Goal Three: Access to Cessation Resources for Adults and Youth Increase smoking cessation attempts by adult and youth smokers. Increase Smokeless Tobacco Cessation attempts amongst youth.

    7. Goal Four: Development of an Infrastructure for Tobacco Use Prevention Reevaluate and rebuild the infrastructure for tobacco use prevention and control and the level of stakeholder commitment necessary to implement a new 5-year plan. Develop and implement a written stakeholder communication plan.

    8. Infrastructure Reevaluate and rebuild the infrastructure for tobacco use prevention and control and the level of stakeholder commitment necessary to implement a new 5-year plan. Develop and implement a written stakeholder communication plan.

    9. Tobacco Control Network Network was formed with numerous organization with interest in tobacco. A Board, By-laws, regularly scheduled meetings, policies, and procedures, were established.

    10. Purpose of Network Coordinate lines of communication with all partners; Assess, create and identify new and existing partners; Create an umbrella entity for the partner network; Need to leverage relationships to build partnerships

    11. Continue to Develop Activities and Strategies To: Continual the reduction of tobacco use amongst high school and middle schools students; Decrease the number of adults and youth exposed to second-hand smoke; Increase smoking cessation attempts by adults and youth smokers; Continue to make the Tobacco Control Network Strong amongst all those interested in tobacco prevention

    12. Office of Tobacco Control Network Chair Sandra Shelson, Executive Director Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi Co-Chair Becky Roberson Vice President, Information Quality Healthcare Secretary Tanya Funchess, Mississippi Department of Health, Director, Division of Tobacco Policy and Prevention

    13. How To Join Membership Page on MDH’s Website (not active yet) Tanya T. Funchess 601-576-7781 tfunchess@msdh.state.ms.us

    14. Partners Sandra Shelson-Executive Director, Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi Pamela Luckett-Director of Tobacco Quitline of Mississippi Janice Hunt-Director of Family Health Resource Center

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