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The Impact of Tobacco in South Carolina Please join us for a health policy forum to disucss the following issues in our state.  You will have the opportunity to hear from experts in the field on the latest evidence showing the toll of tobacco on our state.  Tobacco remains the number one preventable cause of death and South Carolina’s biggest opportunity to save lives, ... $5 million from the cigarette tax that is currently allocated to tobacco prevention and control but we have to determine how additional funds can be secured at the state level and how the state will adquately use those funds. Currently, South Carolina spends less than 10 percent of the ...