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"The immediate implications for our business are clear: if our consumers have fewer opportunities to enjoy our products, they will use them less frequently and the result will be an adverse impact on our bottom line. Even more important, accommodation / preemption laws shape the real-world environment in which our customers and their non-smoking friends and associates live every day. If smokers are banished to doorways and loading docks in front of buildings, it makes smokers feel like outcasts and gives encouragement to the antis. On the other hand, if we live in a society that accommodates smokers and non-smokers alike, it sends the message that smoking is a viable life-style choice and an adult's decision to use a legal product should be respected."
Tina WallsPhilip Morris (PM)
Mississippi
Mississippi communities are taking advantage of local control and many are enacting strong smokefree air laws. Mississippi government buildings became smokefree on July 1, 2006.
Mississippi law does not preempt the passage of local smokefree laws. Read more about current tobacco-related legislation in Mississippi.
Current tobacco-related statistics are available from the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco Control State Highlights, 2007.
Mississippi's 2010 Legislative Session: January 5 - April 4 (est.)
Legislative SummariesArchives
- 1/11/2010HB351—(prisons)—An Act to Require the Department of Corrections to Conduct Pilot Programs Banning Smoking at State Correctional Facilities—Died
- 1/11/2010HB387—(vehicles with minors)—An Act to prohibit smoking in a motor vehicle [with] a person under the age of 21 years—Died
- 1/14/2010HB486—(tax revenue prohibition)—An Act regarding Sales Tax Revenue—Died
- 1/10/2010HB54—(workplaces, restaurants, bars and gaming)—An Act to Create the Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2010—Died
- 1/14/2010HB672—(voluntary policies)—An Act to Provide that it is a Misdemeanor to Violate a Posted Nonsmoking Policy of a Business—Died
- 1/14/2010HB673—(prisons)—An Act to Prohibit the Use of Tobacco Products by County Prisoners—Died
- 1/22/2010HB964—(youth recreation)—An Act To Prohibit Smoking In Any Public Facility When Persons Under 18 Are Engaged In Athletic Event—Died
- 1/11/2010SB2143—(preemptive; restricts smoking in some public places)—An Act Entitled the "Mississippi Uniform Smoke-Free Public Place Act of 2010”—Died
- 1/11/2010SB2196—(preemption; gaming)—An Act to Provide That Gaming Establishments May Allow Smoking—Died
- 1/11/2010SB2216—(vehicles with minors)—An Act to Prohibit Any Operator of a Motor Vehicle Which Is Transporting a Child from Allowing Smoking—Died
- 1/11/2010SB2233—(youth)—An Act To Prohibit Smoking In Any Public Facility When Persons Under 18 Are Engaged In Athletic Event—Died
- 1/22/2010SB2548—(preemptive; restricts smoking in some public places)—An Act Entitled the Mississippi Uniform Smoke-Free Public Place Act of 2010—Died
- 1/22/2010SB2644—(youth recreation)—An Act to Prohibit Smoking in Any Public Facility When Persons under 18 Are Engaged in Athletic Event—Signed by Governor
- 1/22/2010SB2690—(vehicles with minors)—An Act to Prohibit Any Operator of a Motor Vehicle Which Is Transporting a Child from Allowing Smoking—Died
Action AlertsArchives
- 8/13/2010Preemption Watch Bill Tracking Summary
- 5/19/2010What's happening in the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths?
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