GASP is working to clear toxic secondhand tobacco smoke from buildings frequented by the public and
in workplaces.
Everyone can enjoy a smokefree restaurant.
Our Mission
GASP has three main goals: protect nonsmokers by eliminating secondhand smoke, help children decide not
to smoke, and shift the financial burden that nonsmokers currently bear (picking up the bills that smokers don't
pay) to the tobacco industry and users.
Important issues concerning secondhand tobacco smoke and costs.
Georgia's Medicaid System pays $537 million to treat tobcco-caused diseases and disabilities each year.
Here is the URL to tobacco costs to Georgia in lives and money on the Campaign for TobaccoFree Kids website: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements/toll.php?StateID=GA
CDC is a great source of information about the effects of secondhand smoke. It has links to the 2006
Surgeon General Report about secondhand smoke, and other important links:
