Greetings! 
We are pleased to share the latest issue of the Tobacco-Free Tribune, a newsletter from the S.C. Tobacco-Free Collaborative. Please share this newsletter with colleagues and friends using the Forward to a Friend button or emailing a link to our Archives.
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| GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT | |
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Help smokers quit on Nov. 21
This Thursday, the American Cancer Society and the SC Tobacco-Free Collaborative encourage smokers to mark the Great American Smokeout by quitting or making a plan to quit.
Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US yet nearly one in five adults continues to smoke.
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| SMOKE-FREE COMMUNITIES | |
All of Lancaster County is
smoke-free!
On October 22, 2013, members of Lancaster City Council adopted a smoke-free ordinance. The ordinance will go into effect on January 1, 2014. This event makes Lancaster County the first in the state to be entirely smoke-free! Both the county and all incorporated municipalities, City of Lancaster, Kershaw and Heath Springs, have adopted an ordinance.
A total of 57 cities, towns and counties in South Carolina have adopted a smoke-free ordinance. View a list of smoke-free communities.
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| HELP OTHERS QUIT SMOKING | |
Spots still available for
FFS facilitator training
The American Lung Association in South Carolina - Midlands Office will be offering a Freedom From Smoking Facilitator Training Workshop on December 12, 2013 in Columbia. The one-day training will prepare one to lead the Freedom From Smoking group program for people who want to quit smoking. Learn more about Freedom From Smoking.
The training will feature Master Trainer Pat McKone. For a fee of $350, participants will receive a facilitator manual, sample participant workbook and relaxation CD, certificate of completion, lunch and access to the FFS website. Participants are expected to conduct a clinic at least once over the next year. Download an application.
Space is limited. Contact Melissa Goforth or Kenzie Knight with any questions at 803-779-5864. |
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Make your voice heard!
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) recently opened a docket seeking public comments related to a citizen petition asking the FDA to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products. View this docket. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium offers talking points should you wish to comment. View talking points.
An open docket related to regulating menthol in tobacco products is open until November 22, 2013. View this docket.
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| TOBACCO HEADLINES | |
Recent News
- Save the Date! Kick Butts Day is set for March 19, 2014. Read more.
- Study: Price and smoke-free homes help low-income smokers quit. Learn more.
- NYC council votes to raise age to buy tobacco. Read more.
- New issue of Tobacco Marketing Update available. Read more.
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| ARE YOU A MEMBER? | |
Become a Member of SCTFC!
Your tax deductible membership will help fund our work to reduce the toll of tobacco use in South Carolina. Click the image on the right to join.
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