South Carolina tobacco and nicotine laws
What South Carolina has enacted on tobacco and nicotine, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. South Carolina is one of 37 states that enacted a tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 5bills in scope
- Past committee
- 2past committee
- Most recent action
- 5 June 2026most recent action
Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in South Carolina
2 tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in the South Carolina Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
What it requires: A tax of twenty-one and three hundred seventy-five thousandths mills must be levied, assessed, collected, and paid on each cigarette for heating made of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco. The proceeds must be deposited in the South Carolina Medicaid Reserve Fund.
Excise taxes and stamps
What it requires: Manufacturers of ENDS products must annually certify to the Attorney General that their products either were on the US market as of August 8, 2016 with a pending or denied premarket tobacco application, or have received a marketing granted order from the FDA. Retailers must hold a valid South Carolina Retail License and disclose ENDS product sales. No manufacturer, distributor, or retailer may sell ENDS products not listed on the Attorney General's directory.
Vapor product directories, Minimum age and youth access
Tobacco and nicotine in South Carolina, by topic
Excise taxes and stamps
2 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 20 states.
Minimum age and youth access
2 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 13 states.
Licensing
2 bills. Enacted in 18 states.
Vapor product directories
1 bill, 1 enacted. Enacted in 8 states.
Tobacco and nicotine bills in South Carolina
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
2Enacted
3Introduced or inactive
5 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
3
What it would do: Prohibits retail sale of nicotine delivery products in South Carolina unless manufactured in a US facility subject to FDA inspection, and bans products from foreign adversarial countries. Requires manufacturers and distributors to disclose country of manufacture, final assembly location, and supply chain information to the Department of Revenue.
What it would do: Requires manufacturers of electronic nicotine delivery systems to annually certify to the Attorney General that their products have FDA marketing authorization or premarket applications, and prohibits sale of uncertified ENDS products in South Carolina beginning October 1, 2025, with civil and criminal penalties for violations.
What it would do: Amends South Carolina tax law to impose a tax of one and one-quarter mills on each cigarette for heating made of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco, effective October 1, 2025.
Bill titles link to the South Carolina Legislature's own page.
What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation
In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.
Questions
Does South Carolina have a tobacco and nicotine law?
Yes. South Carolina enacted 2 tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them H 4303 and S 287. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do South Carolina's tobacco and nicotine laws take effect?
H 4303 on 1 October 2026. The others have no single date in their text.
What does South Carolina legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?
Excise taxes and stamps (2 bills), Minimum age and youth access (2 bills) and Licensing (2 bills).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Tobacco and nicotine legislation in other jurisdictions
51 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey50
- New York49
- West Virginia31
- Mississippi22
- Hawaii21
- Montana20
- Texas20
- Iowa19
- Illinois19
- Indiana19
- Virginia18
- Connecticut16
- Massachusetts15
- Michigan15
- Missouri15
- Maryland14
- Tennessee13
- Washington13
- Kentucky12
- Oklahoma12
- Louisiana11
- Congress11
- Arizona10
- Nebraska10
- South Dakota10
- Utah10
- Florida9
- California8
- Georgia8
- New Hampshire8
- Oregon8
- Wisconsin8
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Pennsylvania7
- Rhode Island7
- Arkansas6
- Alabama5
- Idaho5
- Puerto Rico5
- New Mexico4
- Wyoming4
- Alaska3
- Colorado3
- Delaware3
- Kansas3
- Nevada3
- Ohio3
- Minnesota2
- North Dakota2
- Vermont2
Know when South Carolina's tobacco and nicotine law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.