The South Carolina Tobacco Forum is part of the Southern Tobacco Communities Project

President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health

	Proposed Legislation: South Carolina Tobacco Settlement
		H 4489 General Bill, By Cobb-Hunter A bill to amend Title 44, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to health, by adding Chapter 129, so as to establish the South Carolina Health Improvement Council, to provide for its membership, powers, duties, and the distribution of monies received by the Council, including monies received by tdhe state by the master settlement agreement.

	Web Sites/Listservs
		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) online information database, the State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) system summarizes information on tobacco use in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
		Tobacco Briefing Room: USDA, Economic Research Service Situation and outlook reports, data, articles, and related links. Description of the tobacco program and its history.
		International Tobacco Control Intl-tobacco is a moderated listserv which distributes information related to international tobacco control, including news articles, analysis, updates on legislative developments in the United States related to international tobacco control, and reports from tobacco control advocates around the world. To subscribe to intl-tobacco, send an e-mail message to: listproc@essential.org Leave the subject line blank, and in the message type: subscribe   intl-tobacco   your_first_name   your_last_name
		Pesticide Action Network A briefing paper on pesticide use in the tobacco industry with major focus on unregulated use abroad.