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Georgia
FY2022 | FY2021 | |
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State Ranking | 49 | 48 |
State Spending on Tobacco Prevention | $750,000.00 | $750,000.00 |
Percent of CDC Recommended Spending ($106 million) | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Georgia's Tobacco Revenue, CDC Recommended Spending, State Spending and Tobacco Industry Marketing
Trend in Spending Georgia Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco's Toll in Georgia
(Jan. 21, 2022)
Adults who smoke | 15.8% (1,282,000) |
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High school students who smoke | 4.0% (23,800) |
High school students who use e-cigarettes | 17.0% |
Death caused by smoking each year | 11,700 |
Annual health care costs directly caused by smoking | $3.18 billion |
Proportion of cancer deaths attributable to smoking | 29.2% |
Residents' state and federal tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures | $856 per household |
Estimated annual tobacco industry marketing in state | $332.4 million |