Vaping could face a new tax in Georgia under a House bill state lawmakers began considering Wednesday.
Several legislators have targeted vaping amid studies showing a growing number of teenagers becoming addicted to nicotine and reports of dozens of vaping-related lung illnesses seen in Georgia by the state Department of Public Health.
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