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From: Cory Chun <cory.chun @cancer.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:48 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Testimony in support of Bill 302, 11/19 council agenda
Attachments: Bill 302 - Hawaii County 11- 19- 14.pdf
Attached is my testimony in support of Bill 302, for the 11/19 council hearing. Thank you.
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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.