SC Tobacco Free Partners was created for tobacco prevention and control stakeholders throughout the state to engage in monthly discussions.
Roundtable meetings are held virtually at 10:00am on the 4th Friday of the month (except May, November, and December) with different speakers and topics each month. Registration is required.
Our next meeting is Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:00am.
Speaker: Kirby Salerno, CEO, Playbl
Topic: "Using Evidence Based Video Games to Reduce Youth Vaping"
SC Tobacco Partners Roundtable Recordings All meetings are recorded. We share those videos on the Smokefree SC YouTube page as well as embedding them here. If the video topic is underlined, you can click on that link to access a PDF of the presentation slides.
TOPIC: Update on the Current Status of Tobacco Prevention and Control at the State and Federal Level
Kymburle Gripper Sims, MS, Interim Director, Tobacco Prevention & Control Section, SC DPH and Beth Johnson, Regional Government Relations Director, ACS CAN
April 25, 2025
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TOPIC: FDA’s Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Youth Tobacco Use
Brian King, PHD MPH, Director, FDA's Center Of Tobacco Products
March 28, 2025
*Presentation was not recorded; only the slide deck is accessible
TOPIC: Estimation of the Population Burden of Mortality Caused by Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in South Carolina Adults
Reston Hartsell, MS-MPH, Epidemiology Doctoral Candidate, Arnold School of Public Health, USC
January 24, 2025
Kymburle Gripper Sims, MS, Statewide Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program Director, SC Department of Public Health
November 8, 2024 (Rescheduled from September 27, 2024)
TOPIC: DPH Region Updates Part 1: The Upstate
Lillie Hall, PhD, CPM, MPH, MHS, MCHES®, Upstate Region, SC Department of Public Health
October 25, 2024
TOPIC: Smoking and Oral Health
Michele Brown, Program Coordinator II, Section of Oral Health, SC Department of Public Health
August 23, 2024
TOPIC: New Oral Nicotine Products: Both Emerging Issues and Continuing Public Health Concerns
Jacob Delbridge, Project Director, Counter Tools
July 26, 2024
Sharon Biggers, Director, Tobacco Prevention and Control Section
SC Department of Health
June 28, 2024
TOPIC: 2024 SC Legislative Session Update
Beth Johnson, Government Relations Director
ACS CAN
May 24, 2024
TOPIC: Targeted Marketing and Deliberate Design: The Tobacco Industry and Gen-Z
Ben Vasquez, Managing Director
YMC: Youth Marketing Connection
March 22, 2024
TOPIC: Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action
Nicolas Suarez
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
February 23, 2024
TOPIC: 2024 - Legislative Priorities and Agenda Setting
Smokefree SC, SC DHEC Department of Tobacco Prevention and Control, and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
February 2, 2024 (Our January meeting had to be pushed back a week because of scheduling conflicts with speakers)
TOPIC: Targeted Marketing and Dangerous Advertising by E-Cigarette Manufacturers
Minji Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
October 27, 2023
TOPIC: Reveal and Discussion of the 2022 South Carolina Adult Tobacco Survey Results
Sharon Biggers, MPH, CHES, Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control, SC Department of Health & Environmental Control
September 29, 2023
Dr. Tracy Smith, Assistant Professor, Addiction Sciences Division of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of the Center for Research Evaluating Smoking and Tobacco
Medical University of South Carolina
August 25, 2023
TOPIC: Efforts, Policies, and Partnerships in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Kim Bayha and Irini McCarthy
Tobacco Prevention Supervisor and Coordinator
Mecklenburg County Public Health
June 23, 2023
TOPIC: Tobacco Free York County Coalition Updates
Dr. Dave Keely
Coalition Chair
Tobacco Free York County Coalition
April 28, 2023
TOPIC: Take Down Tobacco's "National Day of Action"
Nicolas Suarez
Program Associate, Youth Advocacy
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
March 24, 2023
TOPIC: Community Based Tobacco Disparities (CBTD) Program
ReAuta Scott
Community Based Tobacco Disparities Coordinator
SC DHEC, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control
February 24, 2023
TOPIC: Smokefree SC's Past, Present, Future,
and You
Barbara Derrick and Terra Bell
Executive Director and Community Engagement Coordinator, Smokefree SC
January 27, 2023
Sara Bartel
Senior Attorney and Project Manager, Office of Smoking and Health, ChangeLab Solutions
November 18, 2022
TOPIC: SC CAN Quit: History, Purpose, and Success
Nancy Cheney
SC CAN Quit, Smokefree SC
October 28, 2022
TOPIC: SC DHEC Youth Focused Campaigns for Vape Prevention and Cessation Created by Rescue
Allie Rubinoff and Allyson Cavaliere
Rescue
August 26, 2022
TOPIC: Reveal and Discussion of the 2021 Youth Tobacco Survey Results
Jaron King
Surveillance Controller, SC DHEC
July 29, 2022
TOPIC: Tobacco Free York County Coalition history, advocacy work, and strategy for leading TRL in South Carolina.
Dr. Dave Keely
Coalition Founder, TFYCC
June 24, 2022
TOPIC: Point of Sale and Signage Ordinance in Charleston
Hyacinthi Mwangu
Smoke Free Lowcountry Coalition
April 22, 2022
TOPIC: Using the Community Development Model to Strengthen Local Advocacy Efforts
Shayla Compton, MPH
Tobacco Nation Program Manager, Center for Black Health & Equity
March 25, 2022
TOPIC: Lessons from the Field: Messaging to Lay the Groundwork for Local Policy Change
Onjewel Smith
Southern States Strategist, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
February 25, 2022
TOPIC: SC DHEC, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control's Priority Initiatives for 2020-2025
Sharon Biggers, MPH, CHES
Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control, SC DHEC
January 28, 2022