{2024}
- McClelland E, McMillen R. (2024). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data 2024. Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council meeting.
{2023}
- Robertson M., McMillen R. (2023). Impact of Graphic Design in Public Service Scholarship. Poster presented at the 2023 Mississippi Public Health Association Conference, Flowood, MS.
- McClelland E., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2023). Nicotine Addiction and Intensity of E-Cigarette Use by Adolescents. Poster presented at the 2023 Mississippi Public Health Association Conference, Flowood, MS.
- McClelland E. (2023). Mississippi Tobacco Control Network Strategic Plan Data Presentation and Discussion. Mississippi Tobacco Control Network (MSTCN) Quarterly Meeting.
{2022}
- McClelland E. (2022). Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition Quarterly Training Data Presentation and Discussion. Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition (MTFC) Quarterly Training.
- McClelland E. (2022). Youth Tobacco Survey Data Presentation and Discussion. Mississippi Tobacco Control Network (MSTCN) Quarterly Meeting.
- Valentine N. (2022). Youth Vaping in Mississippi. Mississippi Tobacco Control Network (MSTCN) Quarterly Meeting.
- McMillen R., Valentine N., McClelland E. (2022). The Mississippi Experience, 1998 to 2022. Poster presented at the 2022 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, New Orleans, LA.
- McClelland E., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2022). Shifting E-Cigarette Preference Among Undergraduates in Mississippi. Oral Presentation at the 2022 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, New Orleans, LA.
- Stouffer C., Gardner S., Anreddy S. (2022). Mississippi’s Data Portal: TRAPS (Tobacco Reporting and Progress System). Poster presented at the 2022 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, New Orleans, LA.
- Valentine N., McClelland E., McMillen R. (2022). Youth surveillance in a pandemic: Shifting from the school-based YTS to virtual focus groups. Poster presented at the 2022 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, New Orleans, LA.
- Robertson, M., McMillen R. (2022). Impact of Graphic Design in Public Service Scholarship. Poster presented at the 2022 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, La.
- McClelland E., McMillen R. (2022) An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data. Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council Meeting.
- McClelland E., McMillen R. (2022) Data for Youth & Adult Tobacco Use. Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition (MTFC) FY2022 Third Quarter- Quarterly Training.
{2021}
- Valentine N., McClelland E. (2021). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data, 8 October 2021. FY22 Statewide Tobacco Control Grantees Meeting.
{2020}
- McMillen, R. (2020). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data, 9 October 2020. FY21 Statewide Tobacco Control Grantees Meeting.
{2019}
- McMillen R. (2019). Vaping: The Known Knowns, the Known Unknowns, and the Unknown Unknowns (PDF). Invited presentation at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Mississippi Public Health Association. Jackson, MS.
- McMillen R., Valentine N., McClelland E. (2019). The Mississippi Experience, 1998 to 2018 (PDF). Poster presented at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Minneapolis, MN.
- Valentine N., McClelland E., Huell M., McMillen R. (2019). Changing Tobacco Trends in Mississippi (PDF). Poster presented at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Minneapolis, MN.
- McMillen R., McClelland E, Gorzkowski J. (2019). JUUL Trial and Use among Mississippi Undergraduate Students (PDF). Poster presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, San Francisco, CA.
{2018}
- McMillen R., Winter A., McClelland E. (2018). Smoke-Free Ordinances in Mississippi Predict Lower Hospital Admission Rates for Acute Cardiovascular, Stroke, and Pulmonary Events (PDF). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA.
- McMillen R., Tanski S., Wilson K., Klein J., Winickoff J. (2018). Adolescent Use of Different E-cigarette Products. Oral presentation presented at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition, Section on Tobacco Control, Orlando, FL.
- McClelland E. (2018). JUUL and Other Emerging Tobacco Products (PDF). MTFC Quarterly Training Presentation. (December 6, 2018).
- McMillen R., Valentine N. (2018). Adult non-compliance with tobacco-free schools: A risk factor for youth smokeless tobacco use? (PDF). Oral presentation at the 2018 National Summit on Smokeless Tobacco Prevention.
- McClelland E. (2018). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF). MS Tobacco Control Network Meeting (May 9, 2018).
- McMillen R. (2018). Effective Smoke-free Campaigns in Rural Mississippi (PDF). Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy Annual Spring Conference, Lexington, KY.
- McMillen R. (2018). Smoke-free Multi-Unit Housing (PDF). Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy Annual Spring Conference, Lexington, KY.
- Valentine N. & McMillen, R. (2018). Healthy Childbearing and the Role of Tobacco Control (PDF). Mississippi Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Conference, Hattiesburg, MS, 23 March, 2018.
- McClelland E. (2018). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF). Tobacco Advisory Council (March 23, 2018).
- McClelland E. (2018). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF). MTFC Quarterly Training Presentation (March 8, 2018).
{2017}
- McClelland E. (2017). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF).
- McMillen R. (2017). Nicotine & Mississippi (PDF). Lunch Presentation at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Mississippi Public Health Association.
- McMillen R. (2017). An Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF).
- McMillen R, McClelland E, Valentine N (2017). Surveillance informing policy and practice (PDF). Poster presented at the National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Austin, TX.
- McClelland E., McMillen R., Huell M., & Bryant J. (2017). Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control: Identifying Support for Tobacco Control Policies in Mississippi (PDF). Poster presented at the National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Austin, TX.
- Valentine N., McClelland E., Bryant J. & McMillen R. (2017). Changing Tobacco Trends in Mississippi (PDF). Poster presented at the National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Austin, TX.
- Harris C, Buffington A, McMillen R (2017). State-Wide Tobacco Reporting and Progress System (TRAPS) (PDF). Breakout Session presented at the National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Austin, TX.
{2016}
- McMillen R (2016). Harrah’s Casino New Orleans: *Seventeen
Sixmonths after implementation of a smoke-free ordinance (PDF). Oral Presentation presented at the 143rd Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO. - McMillen R, Winickoff JP, Gottlieb M, Tanski S, Wilson K, Klein J. (2016). Public Support for Smokefree Section 8 Public Housing (PDF). Poster presented at the 143rd Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.
- McMillen R, Winickoff JP, Tanski S, Wilson K, Klein JD (2016). Beliefs about the potential harms and smoking cessation potential of e-cigarettes (PDF). Poster presented at the 143rd Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.
- McMillen R, Gottlieb M, Tanski S, Wilson K, Winickoff JP, Klein J. (2016). Household rules about e-cigarette use and beliefs about harms to children (PDF). Poster presentation at the 2016 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA.
- McMillen R, Winickoff JP, Gottlieb M, Tanski S, Wilson K, Klein J. (2016). Public Support for Smoke-free Section 8 Public Housing (PDF). Poster presented at the 15th Scientific Symposium of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Miami, FL.
- McMillen R. (2016). The influence of tobacco on infant well being (PDF). Presentation at the Mississippi State Department of Health Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Infant Safe Sleep Conference on May 6, 2016.
- McClelland E. (2016). Climate of Tobacco in Mississippi (PDF). Presentation presented to the Mississippi Association of Public Health Physicians on May 2, 2016.
- McMillen R, Gottlieb M, Wilson K, Whitmore R, Winickoff JP, Klein JD (2016). E-cigarette use among us adults may have plateaued, but many users are nonsmokers (PDF). Rapid Fire Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
- Whitmore R, Gottlieb M, Wilson K, Winickoff JP, McMillen R, Klein JD. (2016). Attitudes about regulation of e-cigarettes (PDF). Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
- McMillen R, Whitmore R, Winickoff JP, Wilson K, Klein JD, Tanski S. (2016). Dabbling with e-cigarettes: National rates and predictors of discontinued use (PDF). Poster presented at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
{2015}
- Swinea J., McClelland E., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2015). Employment Status: A Social Risk Factor for Progression from Experimenter to Established Cigarette Smoker? (PDF). Poster accepted to the annual conference of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Winston-Salem, NC.
- 100% Smoke-Free Communities in Mississippi (PDF). (2015). Poster presented at the 2015 Mississippi Municipal League Conference and the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Smoke-Free Challenge Reception, Biloxi, MS.
- The Starkville and Hattiesburg Heart Attack Studies (PDF). (2015). Poster presented at the 2015 Mississippi Municipal League Conference and the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Smoke-Free Challenge Reception, Biloxi, MS.
- Economic Effects of Smoke-Free Ordinances in Mississippi Communities (PDF). (2015). Poster presented at the 2015 Mississippi Municipal League Conference and the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Smoke-Free Challenge Reception, Biloxi, MS.
- Air Quality & Workforce at the Smoke-Free Palace Casino (PDF). (2015). Poster presented at the 2015 Mississippi Municipal League Conference and the Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Smoke-Free Challenge Reception, Biloxi, MS.
- McMillen R., Gottlieb M., Shaefer R., Winickoff J., Klein J. (2014). Trends in electronic cigarette use among U.S. adults (PDF). Poster presented at the 14th Scientific Symposium of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Miami, FL.
- McMillen R., Whitmore Shaefer R., Tanski S., Gottlieb M., & Wilson K. (2015). Support for e-cigarette regulations that protect children and adolescents: Results from a nationally representative survey (PDF). Poster presented at the 14th Scientific Symposium of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Miami, FL.
- McMillen R., Whitmore Shaefer R., Tanski S., Gottlieb M., & Wilson K. (2015). Support for e-cigarette regulations that protect children and adolescents: Results from a nationally representative survey (PDF). Platform presentation presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
- McMillen R., Wilson K., Torok M., Rosas Gutierrez M. (2015). Tobacco smoke incursions in multi-unit housing among Spanish and English speaking Hispanics (PDF). Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
{2014}
- McMillen R. (2014). Health Policy Research (PDF). Presentation given at the Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT) Program in Ridgeland, MS, December 2, 2014.
- McMillen R., Tanski S., Wilson K., Shaefer R., Klein JD, Winickoff JP (2014). Susceptibility to Electronic Cigarette Use Among Current Nonsmokers (PDF). Paper presented at the at the 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, LA, November 15-19, 2014.
- McMillen R. (2014). The Influence of Tobacco on Infant Well Being (PDF). Presentation given at the 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, LA, November 15-19, 2014.
- McMillen R. (2014). Tobacco Prevention (PDF). Presentation given at the FACT Conference in Tupelo, MS on November 7, 2014.
- Swinea J., Dempewolf M., McClelland E., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2014). E-Cigarette Use as a Risk Factor for Future Combustible Tobacco Use among Nonsmokers (PDF). Poster presented at The Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) 36th Annual Conference in Athens, GA, October 2014.
- Winickoff J., McMillen R., Tanski S., Wilson K., Gottlieb M., Crane, R. (2014). Public Support for Raising the Age of Sale for Tobacco to 21 in the United States (PDF). Poster presented at the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA on October 11-14, 2014.
- McMillen R. (2014). MS Tobacco Data Update (PDF). Presentation given at the FY15 Statewide Tobacco Control Grantees Meeting in Jackson, MS on October 2, 2014.
- McClelland E. (2014). Tobacco and the State of the State (PDF). Presentation given at the Lung Summit in Jackson, MS on August 27, 2014 at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
- Wilson K., Torok M., Klein JD, Levy DE, Winickoff JP, McMillen R. (2014). Tobacco smoke incursions reported by residents of multi-unit housing (PDF). Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
- Torok M., Wilson K., McMillen R., Winickoff J. (2014). Knowledge about smoke exposure between multi-unit housing residents with and without young children living at home (PDF). Poster accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
- McMillen R., Shaefer R., Wilson K. (2014). Use Of Electronic Cigarettes Among Parents (PDF). Poster accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
- Shaefer R., Wilson K., McMillen R., Klein JD. (2014). Electronic Cigarette Use among Young Adults (PDF). Poster accepted to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
- Valentine N. (2014). Tobacco Data Update (PDF). Presentation given at the Tobacco Control and Prevention Strategic Plan Meeting in Madison, MS on May 1, 2014 at The Mississippi Center for Nursing.
- McMillen R., McClelland E. (2014). 20 March Presentation (PDF) to Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalitions (MTFCs). Canton, MS.
- McMillen R., Mohanty S., Edwards J., Klein JD (2014). Applying the Social Media Tracking and Analysis System to Social Science Research. Presentation accepted to the World Association of Public Opinion Researchers, Nice, France.
- McMillen R., Winickoff J., Wilson K., Shaefer R., Klein L. (2014). Electronic Cigarette Use and Willingness to Use Approved Nicotine Replacement for Cessation (PDF). Podium Presentation presented to the 2014 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
{2013}
- Carroll R., McClelland E., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2013). Get a Job and Increase Your Risk of Smoking? Current Cigarette Smoking Status & Employment Among High School Students (PDF). Poster presented at The Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP) 35th Annual Conference in Augusta, GA, November 8-9, 2013.
- Valentine N., Colvin L., McClelland E., Zhang L., McMillen R. (2013). Correlates of Ever and Current Use of Emerging Tobacco Products Among Mississippi Youth (PDF). Poster presented at the 2013 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Boston, MA, November 2-6, 2013.
- McMillen R., Gottlieb M., Shaefer R., Winickoff J., Klein J. (2013). Three Year Trends in the Use of Emerging Tobacco Products (PDF). Poster presented at the 2013 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Boston, MA, November 2-6, 2013.
- McMillen R., Klein J., Tanski S., Winickoff J., Wilson K. (2013). Three Year Trends in the Use of Emerging Tobacco Products Among Parents (PDF). Poster presented at the 2013 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, FL, October 25, 2013.
- McMillen R., Mahan G. (2013). Predictors of Tobacco Counseling Among Mississippi Pediatricians (PDF). Poster presented at the 2013 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, FL, October 25, 2013.
- Carroll R., McClelland E., Dempewolf M., Loden K., Valentine N., McMillen R. (2013). Smoker Susceptibility and Smoking Status Among Employed and Unemployed High School Students (PDF). Poster presented at the Mississippi Public Health Association Conference in Jackson, MS, September 5, 2013.
- June 20, 2013 Tobacco & Mississippi Youth Presentation in Jackson, MS (PDF)
- Valentine N. (2013). Before and After, a Look at Mississippi’s Only Smoke-Free Casino (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). State of the Current Smoker (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). The Starkville & Hattiesburg Heart Attack Studies (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). 100% Smoke-Free Communities in Mississippi (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). What Does Smoking Cost the State? (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). The Mississippi Tax Experience (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). Adult Current Smoking Across the United States (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). Current Smoking Status for MS Middle School Students (1998-2012) (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- Valentine N. (2013). Current Smoking Status for MS High School Students (1998-2012) (PDF). Poster presented at the 1st Annual Leadership Academy in Flowood, MS on May 1, 2013.
- McMillen R., & Valentine N. (2013) Follow the Signs: Raise Awareness, a Tobacco Workshop and Merchant Education Training Session. Presented at the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Office of Tobacco Control, Jackson, MS.
- Valentine N., McClelland E., & Smith H. (2013). Smoking and Multi-Unit Housing. Focus Group, Starkville, MS.
- McMillen R. (2013). Slides presented at FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting (PDF), April 30, 2013. Rockville, MD.
- McMillen R., Valentine N., Smith H., & McClelland E. (2013). Findings from Mississippi Tobacco Data (PDF). Presented to Mississippi Tobacco Control Conference in Canton, MS, April 2013.
- Valentin, N., Colvin L., & McClelland E. (2013). Smoking and Multi-Unit Housing. Focus Group, Canton, MS.
- McClelland E., Colvin L., Valentine N., & McMillen R. (2013). Trends in Poly-Tobacco Use Among Mississippi Secondary School Students (PDF). Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
- DiFranza J., McMillen R., & Wellman R. (2013). Black and Hispanic Smokers are Less Likely than Whites to be Tobacco Dependent (PDF). Poster presented at Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Meeting, Boston, MA.
{2012}
- McClelland E. (2012). Investigating Poly-Tobacco Use Among Mississippi Middle and High School Students (PDF). Poster presented at the Mississippi Public Health Association Conference in Philadelphia, MS, September 2012.
- Shackelford S., McMillen R., Hart R. (2012). Secondhand Smoke: Impact on Mississippi’s Health and Economy (PDF). Poster presented at the 140th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.
- McMillen R., Hart R., & Grubbs C. (2012). Heart Attack Admissions in Rural Mississippi Counties Following Smoke-Free Ordinances (PDF). Paper presented at the National Rural Health Association Conference, Denver, CO.
- Valentine N., McMillen R., & Zhang L. (2012). Linkage between declines in youth smoking and Mississippi tobacco control (PDF). Poster presented at the 2012 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health in Kansas City, MO.
- Valentine, N., & Colvin, L. (2012). Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalitions Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data. Presented at Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalitions quarterly meeting, Flowood, MS.
- McMillen R., Valentine N., Colvin L., Means M., & McClelland E. (2012). The Role of Communications and Media in the Fight for Smoke-Free Air (PDF). Presented to a delegation of faculty and students from the University of Catania, Starkville, MS.
- Valentine, N., & McMillen, R. (2012). Update from Mississippi Tobacco Data. Presented at the FY13 Statewide Tobacco Control Grantees Meeting for the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Office of Tobacco Control, Jackson, MS.
- Valentine, N., Colvin, L., & Means, M. (2012, March). The Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey. Presented at Mississippi Kick Butts Day, Jackson, MS.
- McMillen, R., O’Connor, K., Winickoff, J., & Wilson, K. (2012). Factors associates with counseling parents about tobacco smoke exposure: A national pediatrician survey. Platform presentation accepted to the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, MA.
- McMillen R., O’Connor K., Groner J. & Klein J. (2012). Trends in tobacco counseling: Results from the AAP Periodic Survey of Fellows. Poster accepted to the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, MA.
- Tanski S, McMillen R, Wilson K, Klein J & Winickoff J (2012). Misperceptions about the ease of nicotine addiction and experimentation. Platform presentation accepted to the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, MA.
- Wilson K, McMillen R, Tanski S, Klein J & Winickoff J (2012). Tobacco smoke incursions in multi-unit housing. Platform presentation accepted to the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Boston, MA.
{2011}
- Hart, R., Jones, S., & McMillen, R. (2011). The Impact of Research on Local Policies: Engaging and Informing Communities and Policy-Makers on the Benefits of Smoke Free Air (PDF). Poster presented at the 19thAnnual Conference of the National Association of Local Boards of Health, Coeur d’Alene, ID.
- Carskadon, J., Pitman, E., Colvin, L., McMillen, R., & Valentine, N. (2011). Youth Initiation of Tobacco Use Trends in Mississippi from 1999-2010. Presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS.
- Valentine, N. (2011). Secondhand and thirdhand smoke, and smoke-free laws. Presented to the Empowering Communities for a Healthy Mississippi Summit in Jackson. Invited speaker.
- McMillen, R & Klein, J. (2011). Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control: A mixed-mode approach. Paper presented at the European Survey Research Association Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- McMillen, R. (2011). The Social Climate of Tobacco Control, 2000-2011. Presented at the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control, Prevention, and Education in San Francisco, CA.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Vallone, D., Pearson, J., Tanski, S., Dempsey, J., Healton, C., Klein, J., Abrams, D. (2011). Attitudes about Banning Menthol in Cigarettes: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey. Platform presentation at the 2011 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Denver, CO.
- McMillen, R, Wilson, K, Winickoff, J, Gottlieb, & Klein, J. (2011). Predictors of Public Support for Smoke−Free Outdoor Public Places. Poster presented to the 2011 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Denver, CO.
- McMillen, R, Winickoff, J, Wilson, K, Gottlieb, & Klein, J. (2011). Predictors of Public Support for Smoke−Free Multi−Unit Housing. Poster presented to the 2011 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Denver, CO.
- Friebley, J, McMillen, R, & Winickoff, J. (2011). Parent/Smoker Identity Conflict: Cognitive Correlates in a Nationally Representative Random Sample. Platform Presentation at the 2011 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Denver, CO.
- McMillen, R, Maduka, J, & Winickoff, J. (2011). Ever Use of Emerging Tobacco Products (PDF). October 2011, APHA Presentation. McMillen, R. (2011). Tobacco Smoke, Smoke-Free Policies, and Physician Counseling: Public Perceptions (PDF): Mississippi Tobacco Data. Presentation in Natchez, MS, October 2011.
{2010}
- McMillen, R, Klein, J, & Hill, A (2010). Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control: A mixed-mode approach (PDF). Poster accepted to the 138th Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.
- Robert McMillen, PhD, Anna Hill, MPP, MPH, Nell Valentine, MS, & Robert Collins, MD. (2010). The Starkville & Hattiesburg Heart Attack Studies: Reductions in Heart Attack Admissions Following the Implementation of Local Smoke-Free Ordinances. Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center.
- Valentine, N. (2010, May). Secondhand smoke and the Starkville & Hattiesburg heart attack studies. Presented at the Smoke-free Mississippi Coalition, Jackson, MS.
- Winickoff, J, McMillen, R, Klein, J, & Gottlieb, M. (2010). Predictors of public support for smoke-free public housing. Poster presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Winickoff J, McMillen R, Vallone D, Pearson J, Zeller M, Tanski S, Best D, Klein J & Abrams D, (2010). National Attitudes about FDA’s Potential Regulatory Actions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. Poster presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Best, D, Tanski, S, McMillen, R, Winickoff, J, & Klein, J. (2010). Attitudes about exposing pregnant women to tobacco smoke. Poster presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Tankski, S, McMillen, R, & Winickoff, J. (2010). Trends in attitudes and practices around 100% smoke-free homes and cars. Poster presented at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Winickoff J, McMillen R, Vallone D, Pearson J, Zeller M, Tanski S, Best D, Klein J & Abrams D, (2010). National Attitudes about FDA’s Potential Regulatory Actions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. Poster presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, MD.
- McMillen, R. (2010). Presentation to the Mississippi Tobacco Control Community Coalitions (PDF): Mississippi Tobacco Data. Jackson, MS, May 2010.
{2009}
- McMillen, R, Hill, A., & Cothron, A. (2009). Dewey defeats Truman revisited: Address-Based, Cell Phone, and Internet Panel Sampling Frames. Paper presented at the 2009 MSU College of Arts & Sciences Research Showcase, Mississippi State, MS, 2009.
- Valentine, N., Colvin, L., & McMillen, R. (2009). The Youth Tobacco Survey 1998-2008. Poster presented at the 2009 OSH Surveillance and Evaluation Conference: New Frontiers, Atlanta, GA, 2009.
- Gonzalez, R., McMillen, R., Wright, B., Simms, A., & Valentine, N. (2009). Tobacco susceptibility among Mississippi Youth: The parental influence. Poster presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, 2009.
- McMillen, R. (2009). Presentation to the Mississippi Tobacco Control Community Coalitions (PDF): Mississippi Tobacco Data. Jackson, MS, Sept, 2009.
- McMillen, R. (2009). Presentation to the Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Council (PDF). Jackson, MS, Sept, 2009.
- McMillen, R. (2009). Model Smoke-Free Ordinance Grant Program (PDF). Paper accepted at the 78th Annual Conference of the Mississippi Municipal League, Biloxi, MS, July, 2009.
- Gonzalez, R., McMillen, R., Wright, B., Simms, A., & Valentine, N. (2009). Tobacco susceptibility among Mississippi Youth: The parental influence (PDF). Poster presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, 2009.
- McMillen, R. (2009). The Social Climate of Tobacco Control, 2000-2008: It’s getting better, but not for everybody. Paper accepted to the 2009 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Phoenix, AZ, June, 2009.
- McMillen, R. (2009). Mississippi, 1999-2008: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (PDF). Poster accepted to the 2009 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Phoenix, AZ, June, 2009.
- McMillen, R., Klein, J., Tanski, S., Winickoff, J. & Best, D. (2009). Changes in Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: 10 Years after the Master Settlement Agreement with the Tobacco Industry (PDF). Platform session presented at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2009.
- McMillen, R., Tanski, S., Klein, J., & Winickoff, J. (2009). Are we asking the right questions about secondhand smoke? (PDF) Poster presented at the 2009 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2009.
{2008}
- McMillen, R. (2008). Mississippi Tobacco Survey Data (PDF). Presentation to the Office of Tobacco Control, MSDH. Jackson, MS, 2008.
- Wright, B., Simms, A., & McMillen, R. (2008). Smoking Initiation and Exposure to Actors Using Tobacco (PDF). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greenville, SC, October 2008.
- Simms, A., Wright, B., & McMillen, R. (2008). The Effect of Media Influence on Smoking Susceptibility in Adolescents (PDF). Poster presented at the 2009 annual meeting Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greenville, SC, 2008.
- McMillen, R. (2008). Media and Social Influences on Cigarette Smoking among Youth: An Examination of the Transition from Susceptible Nonsmoker through Established Smoker (PDF). Paper presented at the Research Showcase of the College of Arts & Sciences at Mississippi State University.
- Klein, J., McMillen, R., & Winickoff, J. (2008). Are we asking the right questions about secondhand smoke? (PDF). Poster presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 2008.
- Best, D., Tanski, S., McMillen, R., & Klein, J. (2008). Smoke-free hospital grounds: Is it time? (PDF). Poster presented at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 2008.
{2007}
- McMillen, R. & Valentine, N. (2007). Social climate analysis as a tool to measure and monitor the social penetration of tobacco control. Panelist at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, November, 2007.
- McMillen, R., Gill, D., & Valentine, N. (2007). The leading health indicators of Mississippi: A report from the 2004 Mississippi Health Assessment. Journal of the Mississippi Medical Association, 47, 354-359.
- Simms, A., Valentine, N. & McMillen, R. (2007). Primary Prevention and Smoking Initiation: The Role of Smoke Free Policies. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Duke University, October 2007.
- Muramoto, M, McMillen, R., & Matthews. E. (2007). Community-based tobacco cessation: Who else can help tobacco users quit? Paper presented at the 2007 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Minneapolis, MN, October 2007.
- McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., Tanski, S., Klein, J, & Weitzman, M. (2007). Changes from 2000 to 2006 in U.S. adult attitudes and practices regarding children’s exposure to secondhand smoke. Paper presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
- Winickoff, J., Tanski, S., McMillen, R., Klein, J, Weitzman, M., & Best, D. (2007). Counseling and perceived control over no smoking policies in homes and cars. Paper presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
- Friebely, J., McMillen, R., Tanski, S., & Winickoff, J. (2007). Beliefs about the health effects of thirdhand smoke are associated with attitudes about banning smoking in public places. Paper presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
- Tanski, S., McMillen, R., Winickoff, J, & Sargent, J. (2007). Increasing support for movie smoking restrictions from 2004-2006 among a US sample of parents. Poster presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
- Winickoff, J. McMillen, R., Tanksi. S, Best, D., & Klein, J. (2007). US parent attitudes about serum documentation of their children’s secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Poster presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
{2006}
- Hitt, H. & McMillen, R. (2006). Media coverage and public opinion in the campaign for a smoke-free Starkville: A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Paper presented at the 134th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, 2006.
- Cosby, A.C., Thornton-Neaves, T., Hitt, H., Blanchard, T., McMillen, R., & James, W. (2006). Social change and the growing racial disparities in Mississippi cardiovascular health. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Midsouth Sociological Association, Lafayette, LA, 2006.
- McMillen, R. Tanski, S., Winickoff, J. & Valentine, N. (2006). Changes from 2000 to 2005 in U.S. Adult Attitudes and Practices Regarding Tobacco Control and Children’s Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Paper presented at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Tanski, S., Valentine, N., & Weitzman, M. (2006). Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure testing in child healthcare settings: A national parent survey. Poster presented at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.
- Winickoff, J., Friebely, J., Tanski, S., McMillen, R., & Valentine, N. (2006). Beliefs about the health effects of third-hand smoke predict home and car smoking bans. Poster presented at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.
{2005}
- McMillen, R., Hitt, H., Thornton-Neaves, T., & Cosby, A. (2005). Does smoking lead to chronic pain in young adults? Poster present at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December, 2005.
- Hitt., H. McMillen, R., & Cosby, A. (2005). Attitudes, knowledge, and policy: The social climate surrounding Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) in the Mississippi Delta. Poster present at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December, 2005.
- McMillen, R. & Valentine, N. (2005). Teaching social psychology to Mississippi policy makers: How social psychological theory and interdisciplinary research can inform policy decisions. Poster presented at the 2005 Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists. Atlantic Beach, FL, November, 2005.
- McMillen, R., (2005). Shifting climate of tobacco control in Mississippi, 2000-2004. Paper presented at the 2005 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, May, 2005.
- McMillen, R., (2005). Validation of the Social Climate Survey with data from the TUS (PDF). Paper presented at the 2005 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, May, 2005.
- McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., Tanski, S., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2005). Changes from 2000 to 2004 in U.S. adult attitudes and practices regarding children’s exposure to second hand smoke (PDF). Platform Presentation presented at the 2005 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2005.
- Tanski, S., McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., & Sargent, J. (2005). Parents support measures to reduce influences of movie smoking: Survey results from a U.S. National sample (PDF). Platform Presentation presented at the 2005 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2005.
- Winickoff, J., Tanski, S., & McMillen, R., (2005). Helping parents quit smoking with available resources outside the office: A national survey of acceptability and use of telephone counseling programs (quit lines) (PDF). Poster presented at the 2005 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2005.
{2004}
- McMillen, R. & Cosby, A. (2004). Who are the smokers who support smoking bans? (PDF) Poster present at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November, 2004.
- Valentine, N., & McMillen, R. C. (2004, November). Preventing youth smoking: The role of smoking bans. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Clemson, SC.
- McMillen, R. (2004). Rural/urban gaps in tobacco control: A report from the 2003 National Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control (PDF).Webcast to the CDC’s Office of Smoking and Health Media Network, 2004.
- McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., Klein, J., Tanski, S., & Weitzman, M. (2004). Changes from 2000 to 2003 in U.S. Adult Attitudes and Practices Regarding Tobacco Control and Children’s Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (PDF). Poster presented at the 2004 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May, 2004.
- Tanski, S., Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2004). The more parents smoke, the less likely they are to have rules limiting children’s smoke exposure in homes and vehicles (PDF). Poster presented at the 2004 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May, 2004.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Tanski, S., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2004). Helping parents quit smoking with effective medications: Do child healthcare providers do what parents want? (PDF) Poster presented at the 2004 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May, 2004.
{2003}
- McMillen, R., Baldwin, N., & Cosby, A. (2003). Psychosocial correlates of youth smoking in Mississippi (PDF). Paper presented at the 2003 National Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Boston, MA, December 2003.
- Baldwin, N., & McMillen, R. C. (2003, April). Psychosocial correlates of youth smoking: A report from the youth social climate survey of tobacco control. Poster session presented at the Psychology Research Forum, Mississippi State University.
- Baldwin, N., McMillen, R., & Cosby, A. (2003). Youth smoking rates in Mississippi, 1998-2002 (PDF). Poster presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 2003.
- Breen, J., McMillen, R., & Cosby, A. (2003). National Social Climate of Tobacco Control, 2000-2002 (PDF). Poster presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, November, 2003.
- Southward, L., Pascoe, J, & McMillen, R. (2003). Social Climate of Early Child Health and Well-being: A National Survey. Poster presented at the 5th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services, Washington, DC, September 2003.
- Prevalence of Smoking Bans: A Report from the National Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control, 2000-2002 (PDF). Platform session presented at the 26th Annual National Rural Health Association Meeting, Salt Lake City, May, 2003.
- Tanski, S., Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2003). Dose Response Relationship Between Number of Tobacco Cessation Advice-Sites and Likelihood of Quit Attempts (PDF). Paper presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Seattle, WA, May, 2003.
- Weitzman, M., McMillen, R., & Pascoe, J. (2003). Maternal Smoking and Maternal Depression: A Previously Undescribed Pediatric Co-Morbidity. Platform session presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Seattle, WA, May, 2003.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Tanski, S., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2003). Do Child Healthcare Providers Use Effective Therapies to Help Parental Smokers Quit? (PDF) Poster presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Seattle, WA, May, 2003.
- McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., Klein, J., Tanski, S., & Weitzman, M. (2003). Changes from 2000 to 2002 in U.S. Adult Attitudes and Practices Regarding Tobacco Control and Children’s Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (PDF). Poster presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Seattle, WA, May, 2003.
{2002}
- McMillen, R., Breen, J. & Cosby, A. (2002). Rural-urban differences in the social climate surrounding environmental tobacco smoke. Poster presented at the 2002 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, San Francisco, November 2002.
- McMillen, R. & Jones, E. (2002). Potential of a social climate approach for international tobacco control efforts. Paper presented at the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2002.
- McMillen, R., Breen, J., & Cosby, A. (2002). The national social climate of tobacco control, 2000-2002 (PDF). Paper presented at the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2002.
- McMillen, R., Dawson, E., Gill, D., & Jones, E. (2002). Applying the Healthy People 2010 Framework to a hospital-based community health assessment (PDF). Paper presented at the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2002.
- McMillen, R., Reinert, B., & Breen, J. (2002). Changing the social climate of tobacco control in Mississippi: Collaborations Matter (PDF). Paper presented at the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2002.
- McMillen, R., Jones, E., & Cosby, A. (2002). Social Climate Conditions By State-Level Investment in Tobacco Control. Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion, New Orleans, June 2002.
- McMillen, R., Winickoff, J., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2002). Changes from 2000 to 2001 in U.S. Adult Attitudes and Practices Regarding Smoking Restrictions and Child Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (PDF). Poster presented at the 2002 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May, 2002.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2002). Addressing Parental Smoking In Pediatrics and Family Practice: A National Survey of Parents. Platform Session presented at the 2002 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May, 2002.
- Winickoff, J., McMillen, R., Klein, J., & Weitzman, M. (2002). Parents Who Smoke: Tobacco Attitudes and Practices that Affect Children (PDF). Poster presented at the 2002 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May, 2002.
{2001}
- McMillen, R., Cosby, A., & Jones, E. (2001). The Social Climate of Tobacco Control, 2000-2001. Paper presented at the 2001 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, November 2001.
- McMillen, R. & Cosby, A. (2001). State Funding of Tobacco Control and the Social Climate, 2000-2001 (PDF) .Paper presented at the 2001 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, November 2001.
- McMillen, R., Cosby, A., & Jones, E. (2001). Contradictory Normative Beliefs and Institutional Practices Regarding Youth and Tobacco: A Report from the 2000 National Social Climate for Tobacco Control (PDF). Poster presented at the 2001 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, November 2001.
- McMillen, R. (2001). The Social Climate of Tobacco Control Website: An Internet-based tool to disseminate reports and data on the Social Climate of Tobacco Control (PDF). Poster presented at the 2001 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, New Orleans, November 2001.
- McMillen, R.C. & Cosby, A. (2001). Monitoring successes of the Mississippi Tobacco Pilot Program: A report from the Mississippi Social Climate Survey (PDF). Poster presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October, 2001.
- Cosby, A., McMillen, R.C., & Jones, E. (2001). Public support for clean air practices and actual policy: A report from the National Social Climate Survey (PDF). Poster presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October, 2001.
- Cosby, A. & McMillen, R.C. (2001). Regional comparisons of the Social Climate of Tobacco Control. Roundtable presentation presented for the 129th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October, 2001.
- McMillen, R. & Southward, L. (2001). How does Mississippi up? Invited panelist at the Governor’s Health Care Summit II: Measuring Up, August 21, 2001.
- Southward, L. & McMillen, R. (2001). Profile of the uninsured in Mississippi. Invited panelist at the Governor’s Health Care Summit: Solutions for the Uninsured, June 1, 2001.
- Weitzman, M., McMillen, R.C., Ritchie, L.A., Frese, W., & Cosby, A. (2000, April). Could We Achieve a Smoke Free Environment for Children? Paper presented at the 2001 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April/May, 2001.
{2000}
- McMillen, R.C. (2000, November). The Development of a Social Climate Approach to Tobacco Control: Bringing Together Social Psychology, Sociology, and Program Evaluation. Invited panelist at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, November 2000.
- McMillen, R.C., Jones, E., Ritchie, L.A., & Cosby, A. (2000, November). A social organizational approach to monitoring a public health issue. Paper presented at the 128th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November, 2000.
- McMillen, R.C., Ritchie, L.A., Robinson, A., & Cosby, A. (2000, August). The objective and subjective social climates of smokers and non-smokers (PDF). Poster presented at for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, August 2000.
- McMillen, R.C., Ritchie, L.A., Jones, E., & Cosby, A. (2000, August). A social organizational approach to monitoring tobacco use and control (PDF). Poster presented at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, August 2000.
- Ritchie, L.A., McMillen, R.C., Robertson, A. & Keller, S. (2000, August). Gender variations in support for Tobacco Control: A national social climate analysis (PDF). Poster presented at the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Chicago, IL, August 2000.
- McMillen, R.C., Ritchie, L.A., Robinson, A., & Cosby, A. (2000, April). The objective and subjective social climates of smokers and non-smokers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2000.