Everyone deserves a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Commercial tobacco products negatively impact communities and cause health disparities.  Commercial tobacco products are products sold in retail outlets and are different from the traditional tobacco that is used by Tribal communities for sacred, spiritual, or medicinal purposes.  Learn more about traditional tobacco from the National Native Network.  

Smoking and COVID-19

Smoking tobacco may increase the risk of serious complications from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Now is a good time to quit for keeps. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or enroll online for free help.

Commercial tobacco use remains the single largest avoidable risk factor for disease and premature death in the United States and in South Carolina.

The Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control uses data to identify commercial tobacco use-related health disparities and to effectively implement meaningful commercial tobacco prevention and control strategies that include: