The culture around it is utilitarian: a lighter, a pack, a default
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
As of January 2023, 26 states have taken action to make these new hemp-derived products illegal
Chest computed tomography findings in AEP typically include bilateral ground-glass attenuation, interlobular septal thickening, bronchovascular bundle thickening, pleural effusions, airspace consolidation in areas, and poorly defined centrilobular nodules [22,23]
