So, i know there are lots of ads [speaker not understood]. There are blue, electronic and have pretty flavors. [inaudible]. Thank you. And thanks to all the folks from bydc as well. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im dr. Lucy [speaker not understood]. Im a resident of [speaker not understood] and researcher at the university of california San Francisco. I want to make one point. There is no evidence that Electronic Cigarettes, how theyre used on a National Level help people quit. We published a study at the american journal of Public Health where we surveyed 1800 u. S. Smokers all over the United States and where we found that both people who use Electronic Cigarettes did not have any easier time quitting regular cigarettes than those who didnt. And you will hear a lot of individual stories written to you as told saying ecigarettes help them quit. What does it mean . For every person where there is a story of success, there is more than one person out there for whom ecigarettes did not m
I am a medical marijuana patient for chronic pain condition for which there is no other remedy. I also suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. And my physician at the Va Medical Center recommended i try ecigarettes to stop smoking. Within three weeks i stopped, and now this is my vaporizer. I want to recommend to the committee that they not recommend this legislation to the full board of supervisors because there are too many unresolved questions like the marijuana issue, and whether the restrictions apply to vaporizers that do not look like cigarettes as i was assured by victor lent it did not. Until those things are corrected and the [speaker not understood] of the legislation, i do not think it is an issue to go before the full board of supervisors. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, my name is lawrence tam and i quit smoking cigarettes for about a year now and i have not felt any withdrawal that was stated earlier to the ucsf doctors. As a smoker for 14 years, i kno
[speaker not understood] from the Youth Leadership institute. Linda boyer chiu from the we willness center susfd. [speaker not understood]. John kreuger. Keith perry. And [speaker not understood]. Mr. Gored an . Good afternoon, supervisors, my name is bob gordon and im proud to have lived in San Francisco 21 years, my smokefree city ~. For many years i helped facilitate a free stop Smoking Program for the Lgbt Community here. My brothers and sisters, mostly in their 40s, 50s and 60s, this program is called the last drag. And time and time again we hear the same stories from those who attend the last drag, and that is that their first exposure to nicotine began at age 15, 16, and at some point they discovered that they were hooked for life. And this is why we really ought to call what were talking about here an adolescent disease. So, any reasonable steps that we can take now to prevent as many young people as possible from a lifetime of addiction to nicotine would make for an intellige
The heartland institute, cato institute, Public Policy research with tea party links have been pushing these policies. It is important that you understand these many of these are deceptively designed to [speaker not understood]. We urge you to protect the Public Health and recognize these cynical influences. Thank you. Thank you. [speaker not understood] and joseph [speaker not understood]. Michael barger, lawrence tam. [speaker not understood]. And i think i already called dr. Darlene bonds. Next speaker. Good afternoon, my name is Amanda Fallon and i am a [speaker not understood]. My colleague conducted a study that was published two days ago in the american journal of Preventive Medicine examining Electronic Cigarette marketing on websites. She found that 71 discuss the use of Electronic Cigarettes as a way to circumvent smokefree policies. Allowing ecigarettes to be smoked indoors is problematic because it may expose bystanders to unknown toxins such as volatile organic compounds,