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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0447.017 2012-2014 øCouNcrL C it,I V. 44-7 Murashige, Laura From: MARY TROTTO [MTROTTO @LIU.EDU] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:19 PM To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us Subject: Support Bill 135--Raise the Age of Sale of Tobacco Products to 21 Dear Hawaii County Council Members, I strongly support Bill 135, raising the age of sale of tobacco products to 21. As you may already know, the tobacco company have for years put ingredients in their tobacco to make them more addictive. To my knowledge, no one has conducted any research to find out what these additives are doing to the developing mind of a child. More specifically, the tobacco company has put sugar into the tobacco which when burned forms a formaldehyde residue which causes the brain to become addicted How does this effect the developing brain of a child and can it lead to other health issues besides lung cancer? No one has the answer. Additionally, the chemicals in the paper are introduced to allow the cigarette to continue to burn down even when left alone. Again how do these chemicals alter neuro brain function ? Once again we do not know. Let' s keep the drug tobacco off of our shelves and out of the hands of our children At least until their brains are finished development. thank you for your time with aloha Dr, MARY TROTTO MARY TROTTO 125 ALAHELE PLACE KIHEI, HI 96753 0 77 In -. O =�J 1 © 70.- Comm. I o y'7 7. 17 Ref. To: 1 Ref. Date NOV 06 2013