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Murashige, Laura
From: Katherine Moyer <Kbfreer @gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 5:03 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Strong Support for Bill 302, Relating to Electronic Smoking Devices c�
To: County Council Chair J Yoshimoto and Hawai'i County Council Members
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Re: Strong Support for Bill 302, Relating to Electronic Smoking Devices CIO
Hrg: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 9:00 am at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kailua -Kona.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in strong support of Bill 302. 1 strongly support prohibiting the use of
Electronic Smoking Devices in places open to the public and places of employment.
I support including "electronic smoking devices" in the definition of "tobacco product" and "smoke or smoking" in the
County of Hawai'i, and to prohibit the use of electronic smoking devices in the places where smoking is prohibited.
Including electronic smoking devices will protect the public, reduce confusion within society, decrease distractions in the
workplace, and maintain the social norm.
Electronic smoking devices are currently unregulated and emit unregulated levels of chemicals into the air. Evidence is
clear that electronic smoking devices do not just emit harmless water vapor, but a harmful aerosol that contains
nicotine, ultra -fine particles and toxins known to cause cancer. I urge you to pass Bill 302 in order to provide protection
for the public. Failing to act may set us back decades.
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Katherine Moyer
1515 avon way
Honolulu, HI 96822
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