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Georgia Highlights – In Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF-35K) Georgia HighlightsHealth Impacts
Adult
Cigarette
Use,
2000
|
Current
Cigarette
Smoking, Grades 6–8 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 6–8 | Current
Cigarette Smoking, Grades 9–12 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 9–12 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
National* | 11.0% | 15.1% | 28.0% | 34.5% |
Georgia | 13.8%† | 18.8%† | 24.3%‡ | n/a |
Boys† | 13.9%† | 20.6%† | 24.7%‡ | n/a |
Girls† | 13.6%† | 16.5%† | 24.0%‡ | n/a |
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
=
smoked
cigarettes
on
1
of
the
30
days
preceding
the
survey. Current Any Tobacco Use = current use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco or pipes or bidis or cigars or kreteks on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. Sources: *National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000; †Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000. ‡Georgia Youth Risk Behaivor Survey, 1993. |
*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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Georgia is investing 56% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 21% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Georgia spent $230 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 13% ($419,000,000 or $343.28 per recipient) of all Medicaid expenditures were spent on smoking-related illnesses and diseases.
Smoking-Attributable Direct Medical Expenditures, 1998 |
Smoking-Attributable Productivity Costs, 1999 |
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---|---|---|---|
Ambulatory | $742,000,000 | Annual Total | $2,734,000,000 |
Hospital | $421,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $351 |
Nursing Home | $311,000,000 | ||
Prescription Drugs | $149,000,000 | ||
Other | $135,000,000 | ||
Annual Total | $1,758,000,000 | ||
Annual Per Capita | $230 |
Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $152,235,170 |
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $67,064,000 |
Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.12
in
2001 Cigarette sales were 70.9 packs per capita in 2000 |
Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only) | $20,765,890 | 7/01–6/02 |
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
Subtotal: State Appropriation | $20,765,890 | |
Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$1,608,025 | 6/01–5/02 |
Federal—SAMHSA | $446,371 | 10/01–9/02 |
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $767,286 | 10/00–9/01 |
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $316,022 | 6/01–5/02 |
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $3,137,704 | |
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $23,903,594 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $42,591,000 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $114,341,000 | |
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $2.86 |
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