Mississippi Action for Community Education, Inc. is a non-profit, minority rural development organization created by community leaders in 1967 to stimulate physical, social, and economic development in the rural Mississippi Delta. Very early in its history, MACE learned that beyond the problems of race and poverty, there exists in southern, rural communities the broader, structural problem of underdevelopment; that for genuine community development to occur, the prerequisite human and organizational capacities must first be developed, the basic community social and political structures must first be created.
Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition
Gregory R. Starks, Project Director
Phone: (662) 580-4496
Email: macetobaccofree@deltamace.org
The Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition is a grassroots organization covering Washington, Sharkey and Issaquena counties. The Coalition works to reduce tobacco-related disease and death by educating youth and others about the dangers of tobacco use, encouraging communities to implement smoke free ordinances and promoting tobacco cessation services.
Youth Programs
Youth tobacco prevention programs are designed to deter the initiation of tobacco use among school-age youth. The Coalition incorporates youth activities and provides youth advocacy and empowerment opportunities for junior high and high school students.
Reject All Tobacco! (RAT)
The tobacco-free program created especially for children in grades K-6Generation Free
The youth empowerment program to promote a tobacco-free life, developed for students in grades 7-12
ACT Center
The ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research provides free face-to-face tobacco treatment to Mississippi residents interested in quitting. Eligible participants receive nicotine replacement therapies and prescription medications. The ACT Center is located in Jackson, MS with several satellite tobacco treatment clinics throughout the state.
Mississippi Tobacco Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
The Mississippi Tobacco Quitline provides free telephone-based tobacco treatment to Mississippi residents interested in quitting. Nicotine replacement therapies are available to eligible participants. The Tobacco Quitline operates Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 8 PM, Friday 8 AM to 7 PM, and Saturday from 9 AM to 5:30 PM.
The Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition of Washington, Sharkey and Issaquena Counties is funded by a grant from the Mississippi State Department of Health. The Coalition and the Health Department work together to educate our citizens – both young and old – on the dangers of tobacco use.
Resources:
www.gorat.com
www.generationfree.com
www.act2quit.org
www.quitlinems.com
www.mstobaccodata.org
