Tobacco Tax Increase

A big challenge for a bipartisan panel in the state House of Representatives reviewing smoking and vaping, with their main proposal, a tax increase, and tax increases are not popular in an election year.

Experts say Georgia is spending hundreds of millions more on Medicaid for people sickened by smoking than it gets from the cigarette tax.

In brief: Early voting underway in Special Election, Georgia Senate discuss school voucher plan, lawmakers try to increase tobacco tax, UGA men's and women's basketball lose, baseball won three out of four, softball sweeps the floor

A bill is advancing in the Georgia House of Representatives to tax vaping products. But a key committee chairman is ruling out any increase in taxes on…

Georgia’s tax on tobacco products could more than triple if a state Senate committee decision stands. The Senate Finance Committee voted 5-2 on Friday to…