{2012}
- 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}
- 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.
{2010}
- 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.
{2009}
- McMillen, R, Hill, A., & Cothron, A. (2009). Dewey defeats Truman revisited: Address-Based, Cell Phone, and Internet Panel Sampling Frames (PDF). 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). 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.
{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.
{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.
{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.
- 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.
- 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.
{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., 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.
- 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.
{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.
- 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, 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.