GATP's number one priority this year is Clean Indoor Air

Why we need Clean Indoor Air Policies:
Kids, Healthcare, and Economics:

• Secondhand smoke worsens the condition of some 200,000 to one million children who suffer from asthma.
• Exposure to tobacco smoke causes as many as 2,000 preventable deaths from sudden infant death syndrome.
• Studies have documented that every year, exposure to secondhand smoke kills tens of thousands of nonsmoking Americans. 
• It takes only half an hour of breathing secondhand smoke to suffer the same heart damageprevalent among habitual smokers.
• Georgia spends over $1 billion every year on treatment of tobacco-related illnesses.
• Repeated studies show that enactment of secondhand smoke bans has no significant effect on revenues at bars and restaurants.

We can solve the problem of secondhand smoke! Here’s how:

At the State Level: Let’s Vote for Clean Indoor Air

At the Local Level: Cities and Counties Are Going Smokefree

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