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Mississippi Tobacco Quitline - Call 1-800-QUITNOW!
 
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What is in tobacco?
What if I slip?
Isn't tobacco use just a habit?
Why do I need outside help?
What if I'm not ready?
What if I enjoy tobacco?
What is in Tobacco?
Did you know that there are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette tobacco? Here are a few household names that you might recognize.

Scientific Name Household Name
Acetone Nail Polish Remover
Acetic Acid Vinegar
Ammonia Floor/Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Arsenic Rat Poison
Butane Cigarette Lighter Fluid
Cadmium Rechargeable Batteries
Carbon Monoxide Car Exhaust Fumes
DDT/Dieldrin Bug Spray
Ethanol Rubbing Alcohol
Formaldehyde Use for preserving dead bodies
Hexamine Barbeque light
Hydrogen Cyanide Gas Chamber Poison
Naphthalene Mothballs
Nicotine Addictive drug/insecticide
Nitrius Oxide Phenols Disinfectant
Stearic Acid Candle Wax
Vinyl Chloride Used in making PVC


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Hours of Operation

Monday through Thursday - 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday - 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday - 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sunday - Voicemail is available

Days of Operation

The Mississippi Tobacco Quitline is open Monday through Saturday except for recognized holidays: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day.

 
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Tel 1-800-784-8669 Fax 601-899-8650