State puts little into smoking cessation efforts

Georgia receives about $150 million a year from the 1998 tobacco manufacturers' settlement with the states. It spends just 2 percent of it on programs to prevent residents from smoking or to help them quit.

By spending just a small fraction of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for tobacco control programs, the state has 214,000 more smokers than it might otherwise, according to new research.

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