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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1091.060 2012-2014P1 P6MTC (16, M, I cook e Murashige, Laura From: Cory Chun <cory.chun @cancer.org> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:40 PM To: Council Testimony Subject: Testimony in support of Bill 302 Attachments: Bill 302 - Hawaii County 10- 14- 14.docx Please find my testimony in support of Bill 302, which is attached. Thank you. Cory Chun I Hawaii Government Relations w American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. -o 2370 Nuuanu Avenue = Honolulu, HI 96817 w^ Phone: 808.432.9149 1 Mobile: 808.781.0308 1 Fax: 808.595.7502 v acscan.org 91 J 9- .'C? g any - t .. r rn ts, is rt n ,btu r, cIosJv Y f )r ri,e irldlividual to vvfma? it 'S aadrossed and Yi oy Co? ''z f'far'rl 3r y. y ter t;?CG' t C}nh" E !3i tarYt@d a,, jdYc;ssi�c yr7(i ate not at, h „17ed f„ re3d. rant Copy, ors ,Ilssoali ?ate MINS t}ieSSi'3t e Qr c'3r7y oaff o, f( if .✓G-« HE,,.e Iec' 1Vc.G' `i7t5 the S.. de'r 1 I t, .e.,I!`D'y. 1 Comm. 107/-(00 Ref. Ref. Date VIE 1 14 2011 !!I R Amerk October 13, 2014 Councilmember Brenda Ford, Chair Councilmember Margret Wille, Vice Chair Committee on Public Safety and Mass Transit Hawaii County Council American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network 2370 Nu'uanu Avenue Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817 808.432.9149 www.aescati.org Bill 302 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 ( GENERAL WELFARE), ARTICLE 4 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 ( 2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN CERTAIN PLACES AND THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES. Cory Chun, Government Relations Director — Hawaii Pacific American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of Bill 302, which amends Hawaii County's smoke -free ordinance to prohibit the use of electronic smoking devices in places open to the public where smoking is prohibited. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization. ACS CAN works with federal, state, and local government bodies to support evidence -based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN supports prohibiting the use of electronic smoking devices where smoking cigarettes is already prohibited. The use of e- cigarettes in public places normalizes the act of smoking and undermines Hawaii's successful efforts to create a smoke -free environment that models healthy behavior, especially for a new generation of young people. This simulation of smoking also makes enforcement of the current smoke -free workplace law difficult because of the similarities between the two. Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on this matter.