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Monday, March 26, 2012  Conway city council met Monday to talk about an ordinance that would prohibit smoking in city limits.

Monday, March 05, 2012  On March 18th, the federal grant funding Smoke Free Horry runs out, but the group plans to stay around indefinitely.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Dirty Don's Oyster Bar and Grille on 21st Avenue North in Myrtle Beach changed their policy and will no longer allow smoking inside the restaurant or on the main deck in front of the restaurant.

Monday, January 23, 2012  North Myrtle Beach city leaders met Monday night about a possible smoking ban.

Friday, December 09, 2011  The North Myrtle Beach City Council plans to take up a possible smoking ban Monday.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  The organization Smoke Free Horry observed the Great American Smokeout  Thursday by setting up information tables at three locations in Horry County, handing out information about the benefits of quitting smoking.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  Results from a survey Smoke Free Horry, a county-wide group, paid a third party to conduct are in. They show that the majority of tourists polled would rather go to a smoke free resort destination.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Smoke Free Horry held the grand opening today for its new Education and Resource Center at the Myrtle Beach Mall.

Saturday, September 10, 2011  About 100 people turned out to event hoping to ash out smoking. The Mason Temple Church of God and Smoke Free Horry held an event Saturday morning.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Smoke Free Horry and members of the American Cancer Society answered MB city council members questions on what it would take for Horry County to go smoke free and the potential impacts a smoking ban would have on business owners. Do you think Horry County should go smoke free?

Friday, July 15, 2011  Smoke Free Horry set up at Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach to show teens and kids the dangers of smoking.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  Since Smoke Free Horry began in March 2010, the group has said they want all indoor businesses to become smoke free.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011  Ninety-nine percent of people who responded to a survey sent out by the group Smoke Free Horry said they strongly support or somewhat support that everyone deserves to breathe smoke free air.

Monday, February 07, 2011  "Second hand smoke is just as bad if you pick up a cigarette and put in into your mouth," Atlantic Beach Mayor Pro Tem Charlene Taylor says.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  It's cigarette smoke that keeps Rose Cameron and her husband Bill out of most restaurants. Three years ago, she received surgery to remove a cancerous spot in her throat.