STATE TOBACCO FACT SHEETS 2010

MISSISSIPPI
Tobacco Usage

• In FY2010 Mississippi spent $11.7 million on tobacco prevention, which is 29.8% of the CDC
Annual Spending Target.1

• The CDC estimates that 50.1% of adult smokers in Mississippi tried to quit smoking in
2008.2

• Mississippi received an estimated $256 million in tobacco settlement payments and taxes
in FY2010.3

• Mississippi is not part of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) dollars.4

ADULT CIGARETTE USE IN 2009 YOUTH CIGARETTE USE

23.3%
17.9%

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State Tobacco Laws9

Excise Tax: There is a tax of $0.68 per pack on cigarettes.

Clean Indoor Air Ordinances

• Smoking is prohibited in all schools and government buildings.

Youth Access Laws

• The minimum age requirement for the purchase of tobacco products is 18, and penalties
exist for both minors and merchants who violate this law.

• Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.

SOURCES
1
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years
Later. A Report on the States’ Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars, FY 2010, 2009
2
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008
3
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Eleven Years
Later. A Report on the States’ Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars, FY 2010, 2009
4
National Association of Attorneys General, Tobacco Project, 2007
5
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
6
CDC, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2009
7
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
8
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009
9
American Lung Association, SLATI State reports, 2010

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