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Michelle Hiraishi <michelle @huimalamahawaii.com>
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:34 AM
Council Testimony
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SUPPORT for Bill 302
Bill 302 Testimony.pdf
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Please accept the attached testimony in support of Bill 302. Please feel free to contact me if you need more information
or would like to discuss our support of Bill 302 in greater detail.
Mahalo,
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Ref. Date 111 14
10/13/14
To: Committee Chair Honorable Brenda Ford and Committee members, Public
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- 1 7 Re: Strong Support for Bill 302, Relating to Electronic Smoking Devices
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On behalf of Hui Malama Ola Na `Oiwi, the Native Hawaiian Health Care System
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support of Bill 302. We strongly support prohibiting the use of ESDs in places
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We support including "electronic smoking devices" in the definition of "tobacco
product" and "smoke or smoking" in the County of Hawaii, and to prohibit the use
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of electronic smoking devices in the places where smoking is prohibited. Including
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electronic smoking devices will protect the public, reduce confusion within society,
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We support treating ESDs similarly to other tobacco products and restricted to the
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same sale, distribution, and display requirements as cigarettes and other tobacco
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Electronic smoking devices are currently unregulated and emit unregulated levels of
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chemicals into the air. Without regulations there is no evidence that the emissions
are merely "harmless water vapor." We urge you to pass Bill 302 in order to
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