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Smoke Free Horry leaders said even though their grant money has run out their goals are still the same. Now they are depending on people who support breathing clean air to step up to help make a change.
Smoke Free Horry’s grant may have recently expired, but the organization’s goal continues.
Groups whose purpose is to fight cancer find themselves in the odd position of opposing a bill that would provide more money for cancer screenings. That's because the bill, which has passed the SC House, would take the money from smoking prevention and cessation efforts.The bill, sponsored by Rep. Brian White, R-Anderson, would take half of the $5 million that currently goes to smoking prevention and cessation and use it instead for breast cancer and colorectal cancer screenings.
Simpsonville bars and restaurants have four months to prepare their customers for a new law that will prohibit them from smoking, a measure that some celebrated as a public health victory and others fear will drive business elsewhere. Starting on Sept. 1, smokers who are caught lighting up in bars, restaurants, private clubs and other prohibited areas face fines of $10 to $25. Business managers and owners who allow smoking face the same fines and could lose their occupancy permits or business
(Legislative) proposal takes cessation funding and puts it toward cancer screenings.
The push for smoking ordinances across Horry County is now front and center in Conway. City leaders are holding public forums to get feedback before taking a vote. Few people have turned out which would appear to mean that few people have an issue with the city going smoke free. If the majority had an issue with it, they would show up to protest.
New rule prohibits lighting up in bars, restaurants, clubs
Conway City Council tested the waters of public opinion Monday night to find out if residents want a ban on smoking.
Ex-smokers who lived to tell about their health struggles hit the airwaves in an ad campaign geared to make people kick the habit.
“For the first time, Big Tobacco will have to provide proof to the FDA that a product poses less risk to public health before marketing it as such, and to disclose previously unknown information about the harmful substances in its products...."