Lisa Turner Quotes

The intent of that money was to provide funds for prevention, treatment, education and cessation programs. And that clearly did not happen in South Carolina. We`re ranked 51st in funding for these programs and 51st in (cigarette) tax. The state is doing next to nothing.

When we go to the Statehouse, it`s one or two of us against a whole slew of tobacco lobbyists and their partners. You can see that this is a classic David versus Goliath with us going against big tobacco.

I think it`s just historical relationships in the area. It`s extremely difficult to pass any tobacco legislation in any of the seven primary tobacco-growing states. Going up against the tobacco industry is serious, serious work.

What we need is a really strong, powerful advocate in a key position to advocate change, and we`ve lacked that.