SOUTH
CAROLINA ADULTS
- 22.6%
of SC adults smoke
- 5,900
SC adults die each year from their own smoking
- Up
to 1,130 adults, children and babies die each year in South Carolina
from others’ smoking
CESSATION RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN
FLORENCE COUNTY
South
Carolina Tobacco Quitline
1-800-QUIT-NOW (toll free)
Quit for Keeps
A free comprehensive tobacco treatment
service for all South Carolina residents featuring phone and Internet
counseling. Available 8 a.m. to midnight, seven
days a week.
Great Start – American
Legacy Foundation
Toll-free Quitline (1-866-66-START) operated by the American Legacy
Foundation, provides free counseling to pregnant smokers. Offers an
educational booklet, developed by Smoke-Free Families, a program
supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that works to improve
smoking cessation rates during pregnancy.
Also features an informative
website that
helps women quit and stay quit after their babies are born.
Carolinas Hospital System Free Smoking
Cessation Class (Every Tuesday)
Let us help you kick your smoking habit once and for all by attending the FreshStart Smoking Cessation classes. This is a four week program with one class being held every Tuesday for 4 weeks. For more information, please call 843-674-2242.
McLeod Regional Medical Center
OR call 843-777-2000 for more information
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