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SOUTH CAROLINA – Stop a Big Tobacco Protection Act!
current status
Bill
Introduced
Passed
senate
Passed
House
Signed by
Governor
1/29/2025 – Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
1/29/2025 – Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 6)
3/11/2025 – Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 16)
3/12/2025 – Scrivener’s error corrected
3/19/2025 – Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 12)
3/19/2025 – Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 12)
3/19/2025 – Senate Roll call Ayes-38 Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 12)
3/20/2025 – Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 4)
3/25/2025 – House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 33)
3/25/2025 – House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 33)
4/30/2025 – House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
A bill (S.287) known to advocates as “PMTA Registry” legislation has passed the state senate and is now being considered in the house.
If enacted, this law would effectively make the state of South Carolina an enforcement arm of cigarette companies and the Food and Drug Administration, empowering state authorities to enforce the disastrous federal anti-vaping regulations. This would put hundreds of independent vape shops out of business, hundreds of workers out of jobs, and thousands of South Carolina residents at risk of returning to smoking, or delaying attempts at quitting.
Please take a minute to make a call to your state representative. You can find their info on CASAA’s Legislator Lookup page.
Also send an email to your lawmakers urging them to oppose S.287!
- Tell your lawmakers that this legislation is more about protecting Big Tobacco profits than improving public health and share your personal story about switching to vaping.
- S.287 will close down small businesses and put hundreds of workers out of a job.
- The state of South Carolina doesn’t need to carry water for the FDA by enforcing its disastrous anti-vaping regulations.
- FDA has arbitrarily denied marketing orders for nearly 1 million products and is failing to move forward with authorizing others.
- If S.287 is enacted, consumers will only have access to a handful of products that have applications pending, or are authorized by FDA.
- Be brief, be kind, and say thank you 🙂
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