Jaron King

Surveillance Co-ordinator

South Carolina Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control

Biography

Jaron King, MS, is the surveillance coordinator for the South Carolina Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control. He is also a first year PhD student at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health. His research experience has been in health communication and is chiefly responsible for tobacco surveillance activities in his current role with the South Carolina state health department. As a relatively new researcher to the field of tobacco control, Mr. King is concerned with addressing health disparities in tobacco use within his state particularly among youth.