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Spartanburg Herald: Chesnee leans toward smoking restriction

July 24, 2010

The Chesnee City Council is considering approval of a no-smoking ordinance for restaurants. If it passes, customers like Roy Overcash will no longer be able to light up after their meals in local eateries such as Bantam Chef.


S.C. Now: Federal smoking prevention grants target Florence, Horry counties

July 21, 2010

Two South Carolina counties will receive federal stimulus money for tobacco prevention and control. The grants were awarded to Florence and Horry counties and are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials.


The State, Editorial: Irmo must find way to adopt smoking ban

July 14, 2010

IRMO TOWN Council’s continued resistance to a workplace smoking ban threatens to slow momentum toward making Lexington and Richland counties a largely — if not completely — smoke-free community.


Anderson Independent Mail: City gives final OK to hospital smoking restriction

July 12, 2010

AnMed Health and other medical buildings in the city of Anderson can now create larger no-smoking zones around their campuses.


Spartanburg Herald: New 50-cent Cigarette Tax Increase Goes Into Effect, Hike To Help Pay Medical

July 03, 2010

A large portion will be set aside until 2011 for growing Medicaid costs, while $5 million will go to smoking prevention and cessation programs, and another $5 million to the Medical University of South Carolina's cancer center.


Charlotte Observer: Cigarettes more costly today in S.C.

July 01, 2010

South Carolina enacted a big cigarette tax increase today – the first hike for that tax in 33 years – that made a pack of smokes more expensive in the Palmetto State than in neighboring North Carolina and Georgia.


NCASOnline.com: South Carolina Cigarette Tax Hike Commences Tomorrow

June 30, 2010

On July 1, South Carolina will increase its cigarette tax by 50 cents to 57 cents per pack, the State reports. Across the state, merchants, health advocates and residents sound off about the tax hike.


WIS TV: SC cigarettes to cost 50 cents more per pack

June 30, 2010

Convenience store clerks in South Carolina say many smokers seem to be taking the cigarette tax increase in stride.


The State: Smoking ban struggles anew in Irmo

June 30, 2010

Town Council members remain split over snuffing out smoking indoors to protect shoppers, diners and workers from its hazards.


The State, Opinion: The end of an era

June 30, 2010

TODAY MARKS the end of a shameful era in South Carolina. An era in which deep-pocketed special interests and extremist ideology trumped the lives and health of children and the best interests of taxpayers.


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