Breathe Easy SC

07/24/2025

The Courage Center in collaboration with county partners and family members whose loved ones have died, will host the International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st from 3:00 – 4:30 at the First Baptist Church of Lexington. The event will include participants from Lexington County agencies and organizations to show support for all family members and loved ones. The flyer has contact information for more details including the option of how to send in a picture of a loved one to be shared at the event. We hope you’ll join us. 💜

07/22/2025

FIRE Squad Youth Group (South Carolina) and Youth for Change (Indiana) met up at the CADCA Conference in Nashville, TN.

06/18/2025

We hope to see you there!

06/02/2025

Dr. LaShandra Morgan, our Executive Director, will be the keynote speaker at the Smoke Free Lowcountry Coalition Annual Meeting. Join and get free admission to hear her speak about “The Va**ng Epidemic: Effective Strategies to Fight it and the Way Forward.”

We are saving our children one breath at a time.

https://smokefreelowcountry.org/join-sflc/

05/20/2025

Keon

05/19/2025

Thank you everyone!🫶🏾

05/18/2025

No Menthol Sunday! ✊🏾

05/14/2025

Meet us next Wednesday, May 14th for a fun time at Pelicans!! Help us celebrate National Prevention Week!

06/04/2024

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to***co-companies-use-chemistry-to-get-around-menthol-bans/

Regulating chemicals one-by-one has allowed the to***co industry to skirt menthol bans by creating new additives with similar effects but unclear safety profiles

05/06/2024

UPDATE: Select exams scheduled for this afternoon on the College Avenue campus at Rutgers-New Brunswick have been relocated. Please check with your departments and instructors about exam locations. All other exams and activities are taking place as scheduled. ​​​​​​

04/29/2024

Those of us that are in the fight against the to***co cartel expected the federal government to SAY they were going ban menthol but NOT actually ban menthol. 😪

The Biden administration has once again pushed back its plans to ban menthol ci******es amid pressure from critics, including some civil rights leaders, who said it would unfairly target Black smok…

02/27/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/21/1197955817/the-minty-past-and-cloudy-future-of-menthol-ci******es

In the U.S., flavored ci******es have been banned since 2009, with one glaring exception: menthols. That exception was supposed to go away in 2023, but the Biden administration quietly delayed the ban on menthols. Why? Well, an estimated 85 percent of Black smokers smoke menthols — and some (poten...