. >> matt meyers is the president of the campaign for tobacco-free kids.he spent years trying to take down big tobacco now he's watching his work unravel. >> he's never seen a cigarette ad on tv, a teenager. our problem is the product and how it's being marketed. has the potential to undue literally 30 years of progress in reducing tobacco use among america's children. >> no one knows what the health effects are of puffing these things hours a day every day for 20 years. >> reporter: thomas farley is the form he new york state health commissioner. >> we work very hard to try counteract the cool factor of smoking cigarettes. now, regular tobacco cigarettes will become more cool in the future. >> 1980s tobacco giant r.j. reynolds unveiled what it revealed the smokeless premier. >> nearly smokeless smokeless cigarette market high tech cigarettes. >> the company spent $300 million developing the cigarette but users said it tasted like charcoal. charcoal isn't on the menu instead they offered dozens of flavors part of a new phenomenon known as vapping. peter de

. >> you met matt meyer from the japan american society of greater philadelphia. >> why don't we getuff out of the way here so then we can start eating. this is already happening, this cherry blossom festival. >> it started yesterday and last throughout the weekend. >> have you seen a blossom. >> is there a few starting to pop around fairmount park. we are expecting more to pop by friday. >> because this weekend there is a lot of events going on. >> our main event is on sunday, and it is an all day event in fairmount park, from 10:00 to 5:00. last year we had 12,000 people, we're expecting a big turnout too. >> we need blossoms. are you doing to get them to blossoming faster. >> we're hoping. >> should we go hug the the trees. >> that might help. >> as i remember in washington d.c. they are very famous for their cherry blossom festivals. didn't they get those trees from japan. >> they got a big donation from 1926 but philadelphia also did. >> is that right. >> that is where we got these trees. >> not all of them. >> some came from the 1926 donation and rest of them have been planted