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 those who are exploring alternatives, options like nicotine replacement therapy, counseling, and Ayurvedic remedies can support a smoother transition to a smoke-free life
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Another study also did not find a significant effect of cigarette type preference on the change in cognitive performance after ad libitum cigarette smoking in non-abstinent smokers but did find a significant difference in task performance on average on the CPT and N-Back Task between MS and NMS (Jao et al., 2021)
have been declining, as shown in the chart above
