http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspxThe latest headlines and articles from SC Tobacco Collaborative.Watson, who works with smoking-cessation courses at Palmetto Health Baptist, has dedicated a good portion of her career to helping people quit smoking. In her opinion, e-cigarettes might not be as helpful in the quitting process as some claim. “Quitting isn’t the hard part,” she said. “The hard part is staying quit.” Watson believes e-cigarettes, while potentially helpful from solely a harm reduction standpoint, are not useful in actually kicking the habit. http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1320Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTCigarettes could go up in smoke on the University of South Carolina campus soon. The state’s flagship university is contemplating a campus-wide tobacco ban that would cover nearly 40,000 students, faculty and staff as well as thousands of football fans tailgating in school-owned parking areas around Williams-Brice Stadium. USC would follow hundreds of college nationwide that ban smoking or tobacco. At least 10 schools in South Carolina ...http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1321Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTMore than 21 percent of male high school students in South Carolina use smokeless or spit tobacco, and nearly 5,900 South Carolinians younger than 18 become new daily smokers each year. In an effort to promote a tobacco-free nation, Delta Dental of South Carolina teamed up with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine to educate student athletes on the harmful effects of tobacco use on oral and overall health during the free SMARhttp://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1319Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTBusinesses going smoke free is a trend that's already hit the Grand Strand and Pee Dee. Now a Myrtle Beach dance club is joining the party. Revolutions no longer allows people to smoke inside. http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1318Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTRevolutions at Broadway at the Beach won’t allow smoking inside, but a smoking area has been established for those who want to use it.http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1317Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTTobacco use may soon be banned on Beaufort County-owned property, including parks, parking lots and areas around buildings. County administrator Gary Kubic, who offered the proposal this week, said the goal is to promote healthier lifestyles for county residents and employees.http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1316Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTLovelace Family Medicine’s efforts to help patients quit smoking has been nationally awarded by the American Academy of Family Physicians.http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1315Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTSmokeless tobacco tore into Gruen VonBehren’s face and split his tongue in half before he was old enough to vote. Food fell from his mouth; he drooled; his speech became slurred. By the time he was 17, a white spot “the size of the tip of a pencil” had progressed into an oral cancer that ravaged his mouth and tongue – four years after he took his first dip of tobacco during a camping trip.http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1314Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTA no-smoking zone around Roper Hospital and the Medical University of South Carolina will be implemented on Friday, but an MUSC spokeswoman said it is not the university’s intention to fine smokers who break the new policy. http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1312Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTOne year after MUSC's campus went smoke free, the ban extends to the sidewalks and streets near the hospitals as well.http://www.sctobacco.org/news.aspx?article_id=1313Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT