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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0013.055 2002-2004 FROM AMERLLINGASSN HILO PHONE N0. 93S 1206 May. 01 2003 09:S1AM P2 AME~CAN Cana 1 ~ LU+~N. G ~ I~T~ 2d5 N. Kukui Street A.7.7OCf/'~II ~~s Suite t00 Horwluw, HI 9B817.3GD9 Of Hawntl ra.: (BOB) 5373971 Thursday, May 01, 2003 Phone: (806) 537-5966 Kd1e1 Human Services and Economic Development Committee 2s92 umi sveet Hawaii County Council GnBe, w ea7se 25 Aupuni Street rex: (eoe> zas-Bass Ptwne: (BO6)zas.ata2 HiloH198720 Mwi Attention: Committee Chair Fred C. Hotschuh M.D. & Committee Members 95 Mahalani Street r Wailuku, HI 96793 ra>< (cos) 2azsoat Sal Ancheta, American Lun Association of Hawaii Phone: (aoe> zaa-s++o 'yyR1T EN TESTIMONY FOR Hswaii County Bali No. 260 Hawaii Relating to Smoking in Certain Public Places in Hawaii County 39 Ulubni Street Hlb, HI 98720 Fa.: (soar 93s7a7a I am Saly Ancheta, Hawaii Island Program Coordinator with the American Lung Pndte: (sos) s3s-+2oB gssociation Of Hawaii. The American Lung Association t7f Hawaii (ALAN) believes that all children and adults should be protected from environmental tobacco smoke websAe: (ETS) in public places and workplaces, including our restaurants, bars, n htdubs, www.alahawail_ora and bowling alleys. ~ Email: '""°®'I'"""~Of° I am also testifying as a mother, professional, and a concerned cdtlzen. As an asthmatic, I have lived with the effects of asthma since the aqe of 18 months. As a professional asthma educator wkh ALAN, I teach children how to stay away from second-hand smoke. As a parent, i am raising a toddler with asthma so ! know first- handthe battle to keep my con away from others smoking Cigarettes. In each Of these areas of my life, second-hand smoke is the enemy. Tobaxo smoke i8 the number one indoor air pollutant that triggers acute asthma attadca. in the state of Hawaii and in Hawaii County tobacco figures are startling. Current statistics indicated the following: e In Hawaii, cigarettes cause more premature deaths each year (before age ti5) than afl of the following causes of death combined: AIDS, drug abuse, alcohol, motor vehicle, drowning, and falls, as wall as murders and suicides. Currently, the prevalence rote of adult smoking in Hawaii County in the age group of 18-24 is 47.8°r6 smoke cigarettes and 28.5 °k of teens in the state of Hawaii have smoked within the last 30 days. If the trend continues, instead of over 1.300 people dying, Hawaii wrll see over When You Can't 20,000 dying of a tobacco ralatad disease. Breathe, One out of three teenagers that smoke to aduRhood wiH die of a tobacco Nothin ®Else ~ related disease (aorxxding to the Hawaii Needs Assessment: Foundatron Matters for Strategic Planning, August 1999). The anatomy of a cigarette include 40 percent tobacco and Bo percent poison. ~°""tlatl I" t90a' Poison found in a common d arctic include but are not limkad to: Carbon American Lunp Association 9 iacNdm e+6Bat.a Monoxide, Nicotine, Ammonia, Arsenic, Butane, Toluene, Acetone, Formaldehyde, °9ocia°°"°'"'°°ah0°' and man others. It is irres naible to e me u.s., ana a n,eaiCal Y Ao >q~ose aduttS as well as children to such sechon, tha Amerioen chemicals (ALAN, NOT on Tobacco Program). Thaxlo Sedsty ' SS 1 Comm. No._ Ref. Tcfi~!IN Ref. Date MAY FROM gMERLUNGgSSN HILO PHONE N0. 935 1206 May. 01 2003 09:52RM P3 AMERIC4N Cana LUNG a4s n. w,KUi so-eet ASSOCIATICNV. suite +00 Honduw, Hl 966n•a9ss of Hawaii Fmt: (806)Sa7•5971 PMne~ (808) 537-5966 uaua+ Secondhand smoke involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers from other people's z99z umi sera dgarettes is dass'Ified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a known ~inue, HI 68768 human (Group A) cardnogen, responsible for approbmately 3,000 lung cancer Fex: 2a5~edaa deaths annual in U.S. nonsmokers. Phqu' (808) 24SA14a ry Maul ff a public building with asbestos, such as a standalone bar, were dosed so this 95 Mahalani sheet WalWku, w salsa carcinogen is removed; why would we support a work environment that forces the Fa><: (eoa) zaa-904+ staff to broath another (Group A) carcinogen? Phone: (806) 240.5110 Haw,;; The Environmental Protection Agency found that children who breathe secondhand so ululanl sheet smoke are more Iikery to suffer from bronchftis and pneumonia, WheeZdng and Hllo. HI 96720 Ftix: (808) 93x7474 coughing spells, ear infections, and more frequent and severo asthma attacks. Phone; (808) 935-1206 The Lung Assodation is very concerned about the children who breathe in secondhand smoke. wausns: www.alaJtawall.oro Nearly 200,000 people in Hawaii suffer from lung ailments, such a5 asthma, aNef+glea aina8. and lung disease. About 107,000 people suffer with asthma and aNetgias and when lunad8ala•hawaii_ora exposed to ETS intlividuals begin to cough, wheeze, and/Or in the eXtreme, lead to suffocatlon due to coughing spasms. Of those 100,000 people, one third, over 33,000 of them are children. For this reason, we would ask the County to impose a 25-foot smoking restRction near the perimeter of any doorvvay, entrance, window, or ventilatlon system of all public buildings, inducting restauraMS and shopping areas froquerrted by famikes. In dosing and on a personal note, the day my second Child was born, my family souk! not spend time with me at Hilo Medical Center enjoying their first grandson. Instead they were busy preparing food to be served at my mother-in-taw's dearest friend's funeral service; she died of an evasive cancer caused by sewnd-hand smoke. On a day the Ancheta family should have celebrated the Nfe of its newest member, 8 was morning the lose of one of ks dearest compadre's. On this day I was heart- broken, for I loaf one of my doseat auntie's. Hawaii Countys health and wellness is in your hands. Rememtxr, "When You Cant Breathe Nothing Else Matters When You Can't Mahalo Nui Loa for the opportunity to sutunk written testimony on behalf W Hawaii County BN1260. Breathe, Nothing Else Matters® Founded in 1804, the Amerkan Lung Aatocialion IndVdq affiliated aa90ti9Uons Mrou9neut the U.S., and a medical aectien, the American Thoradc SocWy Z FROM RMERWNGRSSN HILG PHONE NG. 935 1206 May. 01 2003 09:50RM P1 38 Ululanl Street Hilo, Mawaii 96720 AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIA-I'ION® Ph: (808) 836-1206 olrHawGa Fax: (808)835-7474 E-meil elahbi(~pbcf.oom II~~ To: Hawaii County Council Clerk From: Sally Ancheta, Pax: 961-8912 Pages: 3 Phomt: Dato: May 1, 2003 Testimony for Bill 260 CC. X X Pa P.~viswr ~ Plus. Comment C7 Plsese ~Pb ? Plwsa M P'^~se copy and submit this written testimony to the Hawaii County Council members. If you have any questions, please call me at 935-1206 or at 936-2686. Salfq~ . Hawaii Branch Program Coordinator