Report card on tobacco use in Mississippi, 2009.
Mississippians are failing in their health status particularly as it relates to tobacco use. According to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008, 22.7% of Mississippi adults are current smokers compared to 18.4% of U.S. adults. This gives Mississippi a ranking of seventh among the states and the District of Columbia. Considering that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, change must occur in our state. Resources necessary to combat the problem of tobacco use in Mississippi are available, but it is important that tobacco users are aware of their availability and how to access those resources. Physicians can positively impact the tobacco use statistics by counseling their tobacco dependent patients on the need for cessation and what counseling and pharmacotherapy resources are available to help the patient break his or her addiction.
Rogers
Deirdre B
DB
Mississippi Cancer Registry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA. dbrogers@crr.umsmed.edu
Vance
Ralph B
RB
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D003376:Counseling; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D044465:White People
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution