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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.
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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.
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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.
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July 12, 2010
AnMed Health and other medical buildings in the city of Anderson can now create larger no-smoking zones around their campuses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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June 30, 2010
Convenience store clerks in South Carolina say many smokers seem to be taking the cigarette tax increase in stride.
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June 30, 2010
Town Council members remain split over snuffing out smoking indoors to protect shoppers, diners and workers from its hazards.
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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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