This year, with the creation of the House Study Committee on the Costs & Effects of Smoking, Georgia lawmakers are looking to buck that trend.[1] Georgias Costs and Revenues from Smoking are Out of Balance Last year (2024), about 11.2% of all Georgia adults were smokers, slightly higher than the national average of 10.9%.[2] About 1.3% of Georgia adolescents reported smoking cigarettes, which is on par with the nation at-large.[3] On average, Georgia smokers consume an estimated 16 cigarettes per day, just short of a pack, which usually includes 20 cigarettes.[4] Scholarship demonstrates that Georgians continue to suffer substantial economic losses due to rising health expenditures to treat illness caused by smoking and second-hand smoke, in addition to productivity losses from disease and premature death
For example: Ending the sale of menthol cigarettes can help Black communities, which have much higher rates of menthol use than other groups
So put that cigarette down, and skip that extra beer
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For example, Drontal Plus is a tapeworm dewormer for dogs but can also be used for roundworms, hookworms and whipworms
Suffering some of the worst slavery conditions in the civilized world, hundreds of African Americans escaped their Patriot enslavers, despite militia orders saying they could be killed merely for carrying provisions of any kind. Even after the British left, the civil war between Whigs and Tories in North Carolina was the bloodiest of any states