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Sent: Monday, December 18, 2023 12:14 PM
To: Betty Clark
Cc: Council Testimony
Subject: Re: Our kids are the targets, please vote to restrict the sale of all flavored tobacco
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From: Betty Clark
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2023 12:12:53 PM
Subject:Our kids are the targets, please vote to restrict the sale of all flavored tobacco
Dear Council Member Sue Lee Loy,
I am reaching out as a resident of the Big Island to show my support for restricting the sale of all flavored tobacco
products.
80%of tobacco users say they started with a flavored product.They are incredibly addictive, allowing Big Tobacco to
hook our keiki and keep adult users addicted to their products.
I support removing all flavored tobacco products from the market including mint and menthol and I hope you will too. If
we are truly going to make an impact on this deadly addiction,we can't leave any flavored tobacco products on the
market that will make enforcement of the ordinance more difficult and allow the industry opportunities to circumvent
its intent with new products. Kids will gravitate toward any flavors on the market, even if some are removed,and the
tobacco industry has shown its propensity to adapt to loopholes in other communities' laws.
Thank you for reading my message and I hope I can count on you to support a strong and comprehensive restriction on
all flavored tobacco products.
Mahalo,
Betty Clark
76-861 Palila PI Comm. No. 3. Vt(
Kailua-kona, HI 96740 Ref. To: 41(11 4
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