Number of smokers in SC above national average

Approximately 20% of adults in South Carolina are smoking. This is 15% higher than adult smokers across the country

The Cancer Action Network of the American Cancer Society says the tobacco industry is concerned about spending $ 181 million a year to sell its products in South Carolina.

"There are quite amazing figures in South Carolina," said Johns Johnson, director of government spokesperson.

About 6% of high school students smoke in South Carolina, and generally about 24,500 young people smoke. The organization said that the national tax rate is 8%.

According to ACS, one-third of South Carolina cancer deaths are related to smoking. According to Johnson, smoking-related deaths and illnesses have a loss of about $ 1.9 billion per year. She broke the cost of each state resident

"So, how much money did my family and I spend here?" And it took 900 dollars a year to pay other people who smoke and harm their health, she said.

Despite these figures, it still helps. According to Johnson, the state says that it is funding a plan to help people abandon tobacco.

"We have some money to help people plan for smoking through the State Health Department DHEC," she said. "We can progress."

Tobacco companies are beginning to advertise "corrective statements" about health risks due to smoking. These places are responses to the court's order arising from the 1999 lawsuit.

Johnson said: "They have to say ... We actually used this cigarette to make nicotine enough to make it addictive, and we will do it carefully "Look, we lied to you.These products are addictive.They are fatal, they can kill."

The 2006 ruling revealed that tobacco companies violated citizens' compulsion and deceived Americans for decades due to the health impact of smoking and marketing to children.

Mr. Johnson said the tobacco company took nine years to "amendment statement" because he is paying special attention to word selection.

She said: "Tobacco companies are coming back and forth in the language they have to ask."

Mr. Johnson said the South Carolina branch of ACSCAN is planning to request legislators to raise tobacco tax at the next legislative meeting. South Carolina is now ranked number 44 in the US in terms of cigarette tax

In South Carolina, 71.4% of adult smokers purchased the last cigarette, and 28.6% purchased these cigarettes in cartons between 2009 and 2010. The average price of the last pack of cigarettes reported by a smoker in South Carolina was $ 4.04 in 2009-2010; the interstate difference was $ 7.98 to $ 4.04. The average price of cigarettes purchased last by South Carolina smokers was $ 31 - 49 for 2009-2010 and valid data for 45 provinces ranged from $ 64.45 to $ 30.46.

The main indicator of smoking addiction is the number of smoked cigarettes per day. This creates a small problem to strengthen the hypothesis. In countries and states where smoking rates are most frequent, the average number of smokers per day has decreased and has not increased. This is in stark contrast to the fact that most of the remaining smokers predicted by the reinforcement hypothesis are hardcore. However, although stubborn smokers' efforts are always amusing, their efforts explain that they smoke for happiness, so the effort to convince them to stop is essentially a pleasure It is a long-term debate over principle. Many studies have shown that the "fun" of a smoking center around a smoking center can be obtained for a while when not smoking. The next nicotine blow removes the discomfort and desire they have experienced.

People are becoming increasingly sensitive to smoking problems. In Malaysia, these 5 million smokers consume an average of 14 cigarettes a day (Tobacco 2003). Unfortunately, there are too many smokers. In the next 30 years, it will increase from 100 billion in 1998 to 30,000 to 30,000 in 2030. If smoking is a very difficult fool's custom, few smokers can quit successfully. Various countries have proved that medical staff can play an active role by helping smokers remove tobacco poisoning through systematization of appropriate smoking cessation programs. Otherwise, smoking also affects their best nonsmokers