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S.C. is last in anti-smoking spending (The Charlotte Observer)

South Carolina is spending less money than any other state on anti-smoking programs despite having one of the nation's highest smoking rates, a prominent health group said Tuesday. Smoking kills 5,900 South Carolinians a year and extracts $568 per household in smoking-related heath-care costs. The state allocated $1 million in the current fiscal year to get people to quit smoking and to prevent ...

S.C. ranks last in anti-smoking funds (The State)

WASHINGTON — South Carolina is spending less money than any other state on anti-smoking programs despite having one of the nation’s highest smoking rates, a prominent health group said Tuesday. Smoking kills 5,900 South Carolinians a year and extracts $568 per household in smoking-related heath-care costs, but the state allocated just $1 million in the current fiscal year to get people to quit ...

Believe it, you can quit smoking (Erie Times-News)

I remember the first time I smoked a cigarette. It made me cough, it tasted gross, and I got really dizzy. I didn't like it, but I wanted to be cool, so I tried another one. Pretty soon I was a pack-a-day smoker. I thought I could quit anytime, but I couldn't.

There's no better time to quit smoking (Journal & Courier)

Countless Americans will be a little irritable Thursday, but instead of avoiding them, give them a word of encouragement if they are participating in the Great American Smokeout.

Air clearing in Berks on effect of state smoking ban (Reading Eagle)

Click on picture to enlarge. Michael Pullano, owner of the Pike Cafe, serves food to Craig Wieder, center, and Marty Straka. Pullano reports a decline in his bar trade since the state smoking ban went into effect Sept. 11.