Georgia physicians are not giving up their fight to convince legislators to increase the state's cigarette tax.

They say raising the cost of cigarettes by a dollar will mean fewer people will smoke, and smokers will smoke less.

Cigarettes are responsible for 1 of every 5 deaths in the U.S.

Dr. Harry Heiman says smoking costs Georgia over 2-billion dollars a year.

"Those of us who don't smoke subsidize the health costs of smokers. Over 500-million we pay in Medicaid alone. Well, who's paying for Medicaid? I'm paying for Medicaid... You're paying for Medicaid..."

Heiman says raising the cigarette tax would save Georgia an estimated $350 million dollars a year.

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