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From: rae [mailto:raeftrreensand.netl
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:25 AM
To: akonishdb_interpac.net
Subject: Testimony for No Smoking Ordinance
Public testimony: No Smoking Ordinance
10/29/02
To the Honorable County Council members:
My name is Rae Yamanaka and I am a teacher of Pregnant and Parenting Teens at Waiakea
High School. I am deeply concerned over the dangers that my students and other teens and
children face whenever they are in situations where smoking is prevalent. Smoking in public
places such as restaurants, bowling alleys, business establishments and teen nightclubs places
these students at great risk due to the dangers of second-hand smoke.
Pregnant teens who are around smokers face the very real possibilities of delivering babies of low
birth weight and genetic damage. Teen births are already at high risk for a normal delivery and
healthy fetal development. Please do not continue to subject them to additional situations of
danger.
Please consider the passage of Bill no.260, An ordinance amending chapter 14 of the Hawaii
County Code 1983, as amended, relating to Smoking in Certain Places in the County of Hawaii.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Mahalo,
Rae A. Yamanaka
Waiakea High School
GRADS (Pregnant and Parenting Teens)
974-4888 ext.236
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