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	<title>Georgians For a Healthy Future &#187; tobacco tax</title>
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		<title>GHF Announces 2012 Legislative &amp; Policy Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, Georgians for a Healthy Future will work collaboratively with our coalition and community partners to advance the following health care policy priorities...]]></description>
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		<title>Put the Health of Georgia First</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Harry J. Heiman 
Tobacco has no redeeming qualities. It is a killer. It is the No.1 cause of preventable death in Georgia. At a time when we are scrambling to find the dollars to fund critical needs and services, our state leaders need to put forth a policy that puts the health of our state first. It is time for our governor and legislative leaders to show the leadership we truly need. It is time for them to increase the per-pack tax by $1.]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Control Report Card:  Georgia Fails Nearly Every Category</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia failed almost every category in the American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control 2010 report. These disappointing grades are due to the consistent failure to increase Georgia’s cigarette tax, inadequate funding for tobacco prevention programs and lack of coverage for quit smoking treatments and services for state workers and Medicaid recipients. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Healthy Override</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 21:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Timothy Sweeney

Word comes today that the South Carolina Legislature has overridden a gubernatorial veto of a 50-cent increase in the state’s tobacco tax. The Republican-controlled House and Senate found the two-thirds vote needed to pass the override, bringing South Carolina’s tax to 57-cents per pack and pushing Georgia’s 37-cent tax farther down in rankings.


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		<title>Tobacco Tax Is a Win for Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Putnam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michelle Putnam

For those inclined to live under a rock, the state of Georgia is in a deep recession, with revenues steadily declining over the past year and showing no sign of recovery.  In Georgia, 20% of adults and 18% of high school students smoke, costing our $2 billion a year in smoking-related health problems.  Is there a magic pill that would solve both of these problems at once?  You bet there is.  I give you, the tobacco tax.]]></description>
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