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Ms. Kahakalau: Thank you very much. <br /> 5) Sean Anderson (Hilo) signed up to testify on agenda item 4a, Petition No. <br /> 2015-10. <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Next Mr. Sean Anderson. <br /> Mr. Anderson: Hi. My name is Sean Anderson. I live in Kailua-Kona. I want to <br /> start with these bills to begin with. Especially with the Coalition <br /> for a Tobacco Free Hawai`i and everyone in the meetings that we <br /> went to never once did they introduce themselves as a lobbyist <br /> group. Every once. We thought that they were a part of the state <br /> government that was trying to help people get off of smoking <br /> which we are all for. The fact that they're giving gifts to you know <br /> I mean I would love to be able to give somebody you know some <br /> money or give them a gift and say"Oh hey, you know will you <br /> help me out." I know that is against the rules regardless. Just <br /> recently, what the equivalent to the FDA has in Britain came out <br /> with a study like the first actual major study that states vaporizing <br /> is ninety-five percent at least better than smoking cigarettes <br /> and it should be advertised as a sensation device as oppose to what <br /> it is being proposed to as of now. And for me, I grew up here as a <br /> kid and just recently moved back a couple years ago two and half <br /> years ago and I see a lot not necessarily on the big island but all <br /> around the state. Of ethics this and somebody says well <br /> I'm sorry that I did that. Ethics is like well they apologized you <br /> know if I get a DUI or if I break the law or if I break the rules and <br /> I get caught and I say hey I'm sorry. You know okay. I still have <br /> to pay the price. I think that by ethics the people who are supposed <br /> to be holding these people accountable if their saying well they did <br /> apologize and they did say sorry. That's not giving a good <br /> message to the community. In which one of the speakers did say I <br /> mean at every single Council meeting that we attended, we <br /> outnumbered the people who opposed this. He said twenty-five to <br /> one, I think it was even more than that. I think we had over a <br /> thousand signatures in a matter of weeks from people registered <br /> voters that said we don't want this. This is helping us and it <br /> doesn't just help Kevin who's a non- smoker, but his family is <br /> happy because he's not smoking. His brothers and sisters are <br /> happy because they're not smoking. You know so it doesn't just <br /> reach people who are using vaporizers. Our demographic is <br /> anybody from eighteen to ninety I mean we have customers that <br /> come that are ninety years old you know. And it's very interesting <br /> aspect to you know not be able call it a sensation device when it <br /> clearly is working and I even posted...Sorry...a news story that <br /> 5 <br />