dr. aragon. the next speaker, i actually forgot to mention that co-sponsors of this ordinance with me are supervisors avalos and president david chiu. and i'd like to thank mayor ed lee for his strong support as well. the next speaker is our president of the san francisco board of education, sandra lee furer. and she'll be followed by professors rachel grena and professor stanton from ucsf. >> hello, supervisors. thank you. for 20 years the san francisco unified school district has worked to reduce addiction to nicotine products. the school district is making considerable progress with the declining use despite marketing almost entirely focused on young people starting up. as you heard before me, the speaker in front of me, the new surgeon general report indicates that almost all current adult smokers began speaking as teens, 87% of adult smokers began by the age of 18. in san francisco we are seeing the emergence of a new problem in e-cigarette use. between 2011 and 2013, the center for disease

dr. tomas aragon from our department of public health. >> good afternoon. [speaker not understood] i'm also the director of the division of the department of public health. i am your community public health doctor. my job is to protect and promote the health of everyone in san francisco, but especially our most vulnerable. i was born and raised in this city. i still live here with my wife and three children. my wife is a first grade teacher at betsy car michael elementary school in the south of market. and we are raising three children ages 13 ~, 16, and 17. we care deeply about the health of our communities and keeping san francisco safe and healthy for families with young children. we are acutely aware of how this legislation can directly protect the health of family and communities. one of the things that i do in my role as health officer is to go out and speak to communities. and recently i went out and spoke to a group of seventh graders and i want to explain to you how i explained it to them. which i found very useful. that is, think about the tobacco