Thank you so much, dr. Green. Next speaker. And if there is any youth that are in the audience, please come forward to speak in the beginning. Hello, cooper logan with the Student Advisory Council. Thats Student Advisory Council from the San Francisco Unified School District . Correct. Yeah. Many High School Students don see ecigarettes as a risk to their health [speaker not understood]. Close friends have told me they see ecigarettes more like candy or a harmless casual thing to do. From personal experience im comfortable saying the vast majority of teens who smoke these colorful flavorful ecigarettes are not smoked cigarettes and have no interest in smoking. However, while it makes sense intuitively these ecigarette are healthier than cigarettes, the harmful effect are widely unknown. Ecigarettes are appealable to teens due to [speaker not understood]. While im not convinced of the toxicity or harmful effects of ecigarette at this time, i do believe we should err on the side of cauti
According to the Surgeon Generals report ~. I just want to read a couple lines from a recent article on the effects of nicotine addiction by dr. Neil ben witnesses who is part of ucsf. Nicotine causes withdrawal, anxiety and stress both of which are powerful incentives to take up smoking again. Cessation of smoking causes he the emergence of withdrawal symptoms, irritability, depressed mood, restlessness and anxiety. The intensity of these moods, mood disturbances is similar to that found in psychiatric outpatients. [speaker not understood], the feeling that there is little pleasure in life can also occur with withdrawal from nicotine like other drugs of abuse. Smoking is a highly efficient smoking an ecigarette is a highly [speaker not understood]. It enters rapidly through the lungs and moves into the brain within second. Rapid rates of absorption and entry into the brain cause a strongly felt rush and they reinforce the effects of the drug. There is considerable drug levels that bas
Not going to go into the detail of the [speaker not understood]. Youve heard that. Were going to have ucsf researchers coming to give you more information about that. But i want this to make no mistake, these products are designed to build brand loyalty, and Building Brand loyalty is a euphemism for getting our children addicted. The real issue is the promotion of nicotine addiction. Are he we going to let the zombie industry promote nicotine addiction in our communities and for our children . Almost all current smokers began smoking as teens. 87 of adult smokers began smoking by the age of 18. According to the Surgeon Generals report ~. I just want to read a couple lines from a recent article on the effects of nicotine addiction by dr. Neil ben witnesses who is part of ucsf. Nicotine causes withdrawal, anxiety and stress both of which are powerful incentives to take up smoking again. Cessation of smoking causes he the emergence of withdrawal symptoms, irritability, depressed mood, res
Use of these cigarettes, im quoting, the use of ecigarettes in all areas where other Tobacco Products are banned. We gave several reasons. One, smokefree policies protect nonsmokers from exposure to toxins and encourage smoking cessation. Two, introducing Electronic Cigarettes into clean air environments created by smokefree policies reinforces the act of smoking and socially acceptable ~ as socially acceptable. It makes enforcing of existing laws that protect the public from Secondhand Smoke difficult due to similarities with [inaudible]. Thank you so much, dr. Green. Next speaker. And if there is any youth that are in the audience, please come forward to speak in the beginning. Hello, cooper logan with the Student Advisory Council. Thats Student Advisory Council from the San Francisco Unified School District . Correct. Yeah. Many High School Students don see ecigarettes as a risk to their health [speaker not understood]. Close friends have told me they see ecigarettes more like candy
Department has been notified of a couple of petitions one in opposition that reviewed one hundred and 70 signatures as another one in support of october 8th the department was made aware of 3 hundred and 9 signatures 2, 3, 4 support of the project as the commissioner is unaware the medical cannabis was approved by the Health Department the Planning Department is generally limited to the location of the characteristic of the mcd we recommend you take the mandatory discretionary review the project meets all the planning code requirements and as well as additional criteria within the miths pursuant to the planning code mcd has addressed parking and transportation by proibt double parking and has suggested that this will be strictly monitored by staff the project is well serviced been the bart station and that rinses along mission and the project sponsor has developed a safety and security plan reaching to the Police Department and operates between the hours of operation and other contrary