IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
IOWA
Analysis, Commentary, Musings
GEORGIA
Analysis and insight on tobacco and vapor
products in the Peach State
• Cigarettes: $0.37/pack
• Cigars: 23% Wholesale Price
• Loose and Smokeless Tobacco:
10% Wholesale Price
• E-Cigarettes: None
Excise Taxes
E-Cigarettes Defined as Tobacco Products?
-No-
E-Cigarettes Included in Smoking Bans?
-Food service employees at work-
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: GEORGIA
Key Points:
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Georgia’s vaping industry provided more than $644 million in economic activity in 2018 while generating 2,532 direct vaping-related jobs. Sales of disposables and prefilled cartridges in Georgia exceeded $18.8 million in 2016.
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As of January 10,2020, GDPH has reported 40 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses, including five deaths. GDPH notes patients report using THC and CBD, but does not give official case counts. GDPH earns a C for its reporting on vaping-related lung illnesses.
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In 2018, only 3.4 percent of Georgia high school students reported daily e-cigarette use. More data is needed.
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Only 1 percent of FDA retail compliance checks in Georgia resulted in sales of e-cigarettes to minors from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
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Georgia spends very little on tobacco prevention. In 2019, Georgia dedicated only $750,000 on tobacco control, or less than 1 percent of what the state received in tobacco settlement payments and taxes.
FDA Compliance Checks
January 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019
Types of Products Sold
