Consumer Information

Beginning January 1, 2010, it is also unlawful to offer for sale in the State of Georgia any cigarette that is not compliant with the Georgia Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act unless the cigarettes were in inventory and taxes paid prior to January 1, 2010.

The Georgia Fire Safety Commissioner is responsible for overseeing the Georgia Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act, O.C.G.A. §25-14-1, et seq. The Fire Safety Commissioner has established a website to search for approved brand styles. The website may be accessed at http://www.gainsurance.org/FireMarshal/CigaretteRegulationSearch.aspx. For further information on brand styles approved by the Fire Safety Commissioner orthe Georgia Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act see http://www.gainsurance.org/FireMarshal/Home.aspx or contact theGeorgia Fire Safety Commissioner’s Office at 404-656-9636.

To clarify, in order to be legally sold in Georgia after January 1, 2010, the brand family and tobacco product manufacturer must be listed together on the Attorney General’s lists found below and the particular brand style must be approved by the Georgia Fire Safety Commissioner as found on the Web site above and in a marked package.

The Office of the Attorney General advises and represents all state agencies that protect the rights of Georgia consumers, including the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs, the Public Service Commission, the Georgia Equal Opportunity Commission, the State Board of Workers Compensation, the Georgia Department of Insurance, and many others. In addition, the Consumer Interests Section represents Georgia in all matters relating to the enforcement of the landmark 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry.

Acting in concert with our clients, the attorneys of the Office of the Attorney General have shut down loan sharks, fraudulent telemarketing schemes, sweepstakes scams, merchants that engage in price gouging during states of emergency, discrimination in housing, and other illegal practices aimed at Georgia citizens. We have also seized the assets of the people who conduct these schemes, and distributed the proceeds back to their victims as restitution. Our office is committed to the full enforcement of Georgia’s consumer protection and civil rights laws.

In addition, Attorney General Baker has led the fight against the fastest growing threat to consumers everywhere: identity theft. In 1998, he pressed the General Assembly to pass a law making identity theft a felony, making Georgia only the third state in the country to have a law that tough on the books.

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