Retrieved 2012-09-15
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
It can increase heart rate and blood pressure, which can be harmful, especially for people with heart conditions
Some said that their basements were so warm from the nearby underground fire that they did not even need to run on hot water heaters to heat the bath water
Out of non-smokers and older adults, 26% reported having looked for information on tobacco constituents
When the chemicals react with indoor pollutants, new compounds are formed
