SOUTH CAROLINA STATISTICS - Toll of Tobacco

• $1.09 billion million is the price tag of SC’s annual healthcare costs caused by smoking
• $393 million is the amount of healthcare costs that are covered by Medicaid
• $578 is your tax burden from smoking-related government expenditures
• $1.83 billion is how much South Carolina loses each year because of lost productivity from smoking

Source: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

A FREE comprehensive tobacco treatment service for all South Carolina residents featuring phone and Internet counseling.

You will talk with a trained tobacco treatment specialist who will assist you in your quit attempt.

Available 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.