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Nov 18, 2008

Tobacco prevention report slams South Carolina

COLUMBIA - South Carolina ranks 45th in the nation in the amount spent on smoking prevention despite collecting $912 million in a settlement eight years ago with tobacco companies, according to a national ...

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“Think, It's Not Illegal Yet”

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Who cares what TFK and other zealots say about individual states. SC remains a free state, except where there is a large population of Northern transplants. In many areas, the phrase, "Yankee, go home" is gaining new meaning. As one SC resident fighting the smoking ban in Aiken said, "we've been Californicated." I agree.

“Fredneck County Md”

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The social stigma attached to anti-smokers doesn't seem to faze most degenerates and scumbags, all of whom seem to be anti-smokers.
26 point 2

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Most of the population of the USA doesn't smoke. Maybe y'all should kick your addiction.
simple man

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26 point 2 wrote:
Most of the population of the USA doesn't smoke. Maybe y'all should kick your addiction.
ill make ya a deal...teach your gov. not to butcher the english language, and we'll get one person to stop smoking

fair??
Didnt Vote 4 Omudbunny

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I think it is gay liberals who are trying to take tobacco from our kids.

“Fredneck County Md”

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26 point 2 wrote:
Most of the population of the USA doesn't smoke. Maybe y'all should kick your addiction.
If you were my addiction I would!
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