South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative

Smoke Free Florence

SOUTH CAROLINA ADULTS

• 22.6% of SC adults smoke
• 5,900 SC adults die each year from their own smoking
• Up to 1,130 adults, children and babies die each year in South Carolina from others’ smoking

CESSATION RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN FLORENCE COUNTY

South Carolina Tobacco Quitline
1-800-QUIT-NOW (toll free)
Quit for Keeps
A free comprehensive tobacco treatment service for all South Carolina residents featuring phone and Internet counseling. Available 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

Great Start – American Legacy Foundation
Toll-free Quitline (1-866-66-START) operated by the American Legacy Foundation, provides free counseling to pregnant smokers. Offers an educational booklet, developed by Smoke-Free Families, a program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that works to improve smoking cessation rates during pregnancy.

Also features an informative website that helps women quit and stay quit after their babies are born.

Carolinas Hospital System Free Smoking Cessation Class (Every Tuesday)
Let us help you kick your smoking habit once and for all by attending the FreshStart Smoking Cessation classes. This is a four week program with one class being held every Tuesday for 4 weeks. For more information, please call 843-674-2242.

McLeod Regional Medical Center
OR call 843-777-2000 for more information