Mississippi Department of Health

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