The same mindset, and its highly disturbing you still have people in america who want to take on democracy and destroy it. And this Afternoon Capitol Police arrested a man for a Weapons Violation saying that he brought a long knife to the rally. Lets go to Nbcs Elson Barber joining us from there. I know the crowds are much smaller, but for the most part with they remained peaceful . Yeah, i mean by and large they have. As you mentioned there was that one individual who according to Capitol Police was arrested. He is facing a weapons charge. They say he had a knife. We saw just a little while ago someone appear to be detained or at least surrounded and then escorted out of the area by Capitol Police in full riot gear. They sort of circled around this individual and backed out with them taking it behind the police barricade line. That was one of a couple of incidents we saw today. Apart from that, though, thick things really did seem by and large peaceful. This was not a huge ewhen you l
read the full item [speaker not understood] because it s talking about vaporizers that mimic smoking. so, they look like a cigarette. and you gave us some examples, but there are many other vaporizers, the vast majority, that do not mimic smoking sw. ~ as well. i ve willing to meet with you. you met with my staff. i do feel this is an important issue impacting youth and hooking the new generation on harmful addicting substance. but i want to be sensitive to the medical marijuana users. so, we ll continue to communicate with you, but it s not intended to limit the use of medical marijuana. i don t want law enforcement arresting me saying that i m smoking excuse me, vaporizing with a [multiple voices] thank you so much, mr. goldman. thank you. thank you. next speaker. i m lawrence green, aes are department of west portal area, but i m here today as a member appointed by the governor to the california state tobacco education and research oversight committee commonl
products and [speaker not understood]. thank you. chair yee, can i just ask the doctors about a number of e-mails we ve been receiving from different people saying that e-cigarettes have helped them stop their smoking and we re harming a good thing and pushing people towards smoking. but i m just wondering if you could address and i think a lot of them are coming from a nonprofit group that is a national group urging them to send us e-mails and letters. well, while, you know, the individual reports are there and there are people they may have helped. however, when we look at the whole population, you don t see the association. that means it might help some people, but it also might not help more people. so, that s why you re seeing no association or lower association. it may be helping some, but it s actually hurting others. and on average it s hurting more people than it s helping. great, thank you. thank you. other questions, colleagues? thank you for the rese
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. that s student advisory council from the san francisco unified school district? correct. yeah. many high school students don see e-cigarettes as a risk to their health [speaker not understood]. close friends have told me they see e-cigarettes more like candy or a harmless casual thing to do. from personal experience i m comfortable saying the vast majority of teens who smoke these colorful flavorful e-cigarettes are not smoked cigarettes and have no interest in smoking. however, while it makes sense intuitively these e-cigarette are healthier than cigarettes, the harmful effect are widely unknown. e-cigarettes are appealable to teens due to [speaker not understood]. while i m not convinced of the toxicity or harmful effects of e-cigarette at this time, i do believe we s
use of these cigarettes, i m quoting, the use of e-cigarettes in all areas where other tobacco products are banned. we gave several reasons. one, smoke-free policies protect nonsmokers from exposure to toxins and encourage smoking cessation. two, introducing electronic cigarettes into clean air environments created by smoke-free 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. that s student advisory council from the san francisco unified school district? correct. yeah. many high school students don see e-cigarettes as a risk to their health [speaker not understood]. close friends have told me they see e-