Narrator over 12 million men, women, and children passed this way, passed through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. Here they bought tickets for a thousand places in america. Here they traded their drachmas, their liras, and their rubles, for dollars. Here they sang their First American songs, experienced their First American christmas, and hanukkah. Here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. Tens of millions of us have relatives who came this way, sat in this room, part of the largest human migration in history. Of the many who came, some were turned away. But even they would leave part of themselves in america, to remind us why they had come so far, why they had made the journey. [bird caws] woman you never know how hard it was to leave her. That was the hardest thing i think i ever had to do. [bells toll] man she said if you leave, why, i dont ever want you to come back again. Back
Smoking advertised on television for the first time in their lives. Whats the impact of this marketing, do you think, among young people . I think it could be appealing to young people. And what we do know is that data from the cdc shows that e cigarette use among youth has also risen are rapidly from 2011 to 2012, it doubled. Thats very concerning. I think the same cdc study found one in five middle schoolers who tried ecigarettes say they had never tried a cigarette before. Michael mullins, you own three storeses in san rafael and santa rosa that sell the devices. What do you make of the various arguments and concerns about the products that you sell . Well, the same kind of arguments and concerns have been going on for quite some time now. One of the ones i hear over and over is the flavors. You know, flavored, they got rid of flavored cigarettes. So you cant have that anymore. But one thing that people seem to forget is that im an adult. You know, im in my late 30s. I like flavors,
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Smoking Electronic Cigarettes could soon be illegal in most Public Places in San Francisco. But i think its really important to show i had a banana flavored one. Ul heres a peach flavored one. But i know that other flavors from bubble gum, gummy bears, and other flavors are not targeted at elders. Theyre targeted at teens and youth. The board of supervisors voted unanimously this week to include ecigarettes in the citys strict antismoking laws. A similar measure is being considered in Santa Clara County next week. Ecigarettes are getting popularity especially among teens providing nicotine but instead of producing smoke, they emit a vapor. Supporters say they offer smokers a less harmful alternative. Opponents contend e cigarettemakers are targeting young people through marketing joining me now for a discussion about ecigarettes are michael mullins, founder and ceo of digital ciggz, rachel grana at ucsf, and marisa lagos, San Francis
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Smoking Electronic Cigarettes could soon be illegal in most Public Places in San Francisco. But i think its really important to show i had a banana flavored one. Ul heres a peach flavored one. But i know that other flavors from bubble gum, gummy bears, and other flavors are not targeted at elders. Theyre targeted at teens and youth. The board of supervisors voted unanimously this week to include ecigarettes in the citys strict antismoking laws. A similar measure is being considered in Santa Clara County next week. Ecigarettes are getting popularity especially among teens providing nicotine but instead of producing smoke, they emit a vapor. Supporters say they offer smokers a less harmful alternative. Opponents contend e cigarettemakers are targeting young people through marketing joining me now for a discussion about ecigarettes are michael mullins, founder and ceo of digital ciggz, rachel grana at ucsf, and marisa lagos, San Francis
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Smoking Electronic Cigarettes could soon be illegal in most Public Places in San Francisco. But i think its really important to show i had a banana flavored one. Ul heres a peach flavored one. But i know that other flavors from bubble gum, gummy bears, and other flavors are not targeted at elders. Theyre targeted at teens and youth. The board of supervisors voted unanimously this week to include ecigarettes in the citys strict antismoking laws. A similar measure is being considered in Santa Clara County next week. Ecigarettes are getting popularity especially among teens providing nicotine but instead of producing smoke, they emit a vapor. Supporters say they offer smokers a less harmful alternative. Opponents contend e cigarettemakers are targeting young people through marketing joining me now for a discussion about ecigarettes are michael mullins, founder and ceo of digital ciggz, rachel grana at ucsf, and marisa lagos, San Francis