dr. stanton glance and rachel [speaker not understood] from ucsf. and there's a bunch of other ucsf folks here as well and they'll be followed by [speaker not understood] from california, a leader in our tobacco free coalition in san francisco. free if he isers. ~ professors. >> thank you for inviting us. rachel, one of our brilliant [speaker not understood] wrote the hundred-page document that's been making the rounds. i'm very pleased with some of the other researchers here, lauren [speaker not understood] just published a paper today showing e-cigarette use among kids is associated with increased smoking. you'll hear about that. i live in the sunset. my kids went to public school here. i now have a grandson in the public preschool right here. and i have to say i feel like i've gotten on a time machine. i appeared before the board back in 1983 when it was considering the original san francisco workplace smoking ordinance and we're just hearing all the same arguments again, that there was no evidence that secondhand smoke is dangerous, that it was

dr. thomas, but also derek smith and others who are here from school board president sandra lee furer, professors and medical researchers [speaker not understood], and pro he if he iser stanton [speaker not understood] from ucsf, and many others. ~ with the growing popularity of e-cigarettes and public usage by youth, it's time to [speaker not understood] in line with cigarette youth in order to protect businesses and individuals. the e-cigarette i was puffing on is a flavor called lime and coconut and it costs about 6 to $8, with about 400 puffs, i believe, and this device. there are many types of other flavors that are cotton candy and gumy bear and other flavors that clearly are to entice young people. my 13 year old daughter has told me how her friends purchase them online. currently there is a terrible marketing system right now and an ability for young people to buy online, but also in many different businesses throughout the city and you'll hear from youth leadership institute, youth who surveyed and did action-based research showing how they were able to purchase e-cigarettes very easily without being carded or questioned at all by many businesses. in the absence of

john stanton, washington bureau chief of buzzfeed.com. and emily suszman. thank you for being here. dr llis, i wanted to start with you. you know dr. murphy personally. you have been twisting arms on capitol hill to find out what is going on here. did i get the story basically right? what is the latest going on on the hill? >> the latest going on on the hill in the wake of the vote for the department of justice nominee, there's not a broad appetite to take another difficult vote. those of us in the health community don't believe this should be a difficult vote. the american college of physicians, the american college of surgeons. the american college of emergency physicians have all public si said same and similar things that we did of doctors for america during those letter-writing campaigns. if you have been in the emergency room and you have seen a victim of a gunshot wound, if you have been in the intensive care unit and seen someone cling to life, you understand that gun violence is a serious problem. with that being said, and his senate health committee hearing, dr. murthy was cl