i just want to say that as a member of the american lung association we have helped -- we have worked with 20 cities in the bay area adopt secondhand smoke laws that include e-cigarettes as well as three county unincorporated areas. so, i've passed out the list and by the way because i have asthma, this is the way i inhale my vapor. and no one around me gets secondhand vapor and i get my medication. thank you. >> thank you, am i chin. good to see you again, too. next speaker. >>> my name is linda boyer chiu. i'm a proud resident of san francisco and my 25th year as a school district nurse. i believe i speak for my 40 nurse colleagues who work in this district when i say that this bill needs to be passed and here is another compelling reason. there is a strong relationship between truancy and smoking. over the past 7 years at a high school, i have counseled nearly 100 teens who have been caught smoking and almost all of them are not engaged. meaning what? they don't come to school. they rarely get good grades and they drop out. so, why do we allow access to another product that might i

i'd like to say we also have letters in support in our files from the american cancer society, the american lung association, the american heart association, and americans for nonsmoker rights as well. in a moment you'll hear a presentation from our great staff from their department of public health. not only our lead 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

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. >>> the american lung association recently gave the city of sonoma an f in its report card of restricting second-hand smoke. now the city may be trying to improve its grade. the sonoma city council is considering banning smoking in its historic downtown plaza. the mayor is also considering outlawing smoking in the city's multiunit housing complexes. >>> san francisco police are handing out a lot more traffic tickets in response to a growing safety problem. the city is dealing with a disturbing increase in the number of people getting hit and killed or injured by cars while walking in the street. police are responding with a crackdown on five specific traffic violations running a red light, speeding, failure to halt at a stop sign, violating a pedestrian right-of-way and failure to yield while making a left or u-turn. >>> 7:09. this morning, you can buy tickets to see the earthquakes play at the new 49ers stadium. the quakes will host the sounders at levi stadium on saturday, august 2nd. tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning. the game marks the first event to be held at the new 49er sta

the failing grade from the american lung association spurs the city of sonoma to take to consider taking put even more restrictions on smoking. now back to you on the morning news. >> thank you. >>> 6:47 is the time. back over to brian flores who is in for sal today. and it's good you are there doing traffic. and it's been a pretty nice smooth commute. >> yeah so far so good. i'm lucky because had it been busier, i would have been sweating or something like that. but over all commuters you guys are doing a great job. as we take a look at the traffic cameras, we are looking at 880 near the oakland coliseum. looking pretty good this morning. we are experiencing friday light conditions. hopefully it stays that way as we approach the heart of the commute. taking a look at the toll plaza it looks like traffic has lightened up. earlier we saw more cars going through the toll plaza. if you have fast track, obviously going through. still 20-25 minutes to get you across from oakland into san francisco this morning. as we take a look at the maps 880 southbound a little hiccup as you approach fremo

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about respiratory illnesses, endorsements by the american lung association, smog in china. then without making any distinction at all between these poisons my friends on the other side switched almost in the same sentence to climate change. the target there is greenhouse gases. distinction between and greenhouseo2 gases have nothing to do with respiratory illnesses or lung disease or asthma. something we're are all very much interested in. i would point out to my colleagues that toward the end acknowledged, epa some positive impacts from higher co2 concentration. one is faster growing trees that helps offset deforestation. epa has acknowledged that. marshes can grow more quickly above rising sea particularnst ravages of rising sea levels. i would just point out that there are differences on this committee about the effect of co2 on climate change. no one is suggesting that co2 causes lung disease, asthma, or the kind of smog that the chairman talked about. i will tell you what we do agree on. we agree that there are some i.t. fine programs that the administration is posing c

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the others today. think it's weird to collect air? you wouldn't think so if you saw what your lungs collect every time you breathe. protect your health with life-saving air quality updates from the american lung association come! here we go. ha ha! good job. all right. >>> making news in america this morning, new theory about missing flight 370. an american team is on the move right now sending a ship to a different area as new evidence shows this could have been no accident. >>> turbulent takeoff. a plane on its nose and people running for their lives. new details unfolding overnight about the dramatic scene. >>> inquisitive cat. a park visitor unknowingly comes inches from a cheetah after leaving his sunroof open. >>> and gaga's getup. mother monster makes an appearance wearing something that must have been in the kitchen cabinet. >>> good friday morning. i'm marci gonzalez in for diana

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we've heard endorsements by the american lung association. we talked about asthma, particular pollution in china. this awful picture that the chairman showed, showing smog in china. discussions of coal ash, super funds sites, and then without making any distinction at all between these poisons and particulate pollution's, my friends on the other side of the dais switch almost in the same sentence to climate change, where the target there is greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide, making no distinction between the fact, and making no mention of the fact that co2 and greenhouse gases have nothing to do with respiratory illnesses, or lung disease or asthma or smog in china or coal ash at superfund sites, something we all are very much interested in. and i would point out to my colleagues that toward the end of this op-ed which is now part of the record, the epa acknowledged some positive impacts from higher co2 concentrations. one is faster growing trees in tropical forests, which helps offset deforestation. epa has acknowledged that. it will be goo

it is one of the things i think we have to ask ourselves for example is what if the american lung association if they endorse a california initiative related to smoking and so on, which they did, is that at least a nuance of political either with u usabt partisan? the answer is they are promoting social welfare. one of the challenges with the team party specifically is these folks are talking about handing out constitutions and wanting to promote the constitution. many would say that's political. but if we go to evaluate it is a political to say that this is what the first amendment says and means. is it political to say this is what the second amendment says and means or in the case of the activities, the fourth amendment? that is the challenge that hopefully the gentle lady and i can work on it is a question of whether the 501(c)4 was targeted because of their political views that are infected different question and that is what's before us today. i think the gentle lady for yielding. >> the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. >> commissioner, lois lerner south where you're sitting

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protect your health with life-saving air quality updates from the american lung association.ree "state of the air" app at lung.org. >>> this morning on "world news now." >>> this morning on "world news now" -- dangerous conditions. new details just in from flight 370. search crews sidelined due to storms. what investigators are uncovering as passengers' families demand action. >> holy [ bleep ]. >>> dangerous roads. springtime snow and ice lead to a 61-car pileup as parts of the northeast brace for a blizzard. >>> fighting cancer as actor james rebhorn loses his battle. there are ground-breaking advances in confronting skin cancer. why this new treatment is so revolutionary. >>> and stepping off. first elimination round of this season's "dancing with the stars." not one, but two couples shown the door. that's in "the skinny" this tuesday, march 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good tuesday morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. turning to our lead story, there are still more questions than answers about what happene

from some of our leading health organizations, the american academy of pediatrics, american college of preventive medicine, the american lung association, the american public health association and others who point out that cleaning up carbon pollution and other greenhouse gases saves lives. researchers have found that the efforts enacted now to reduce greenhouse gases, including can carbon pollution, from all sources in the united states would prevent more than 16,000 premature deaths by 2030. the lives saved are as a result of ozone that is reduced as carbon is reduced. cleaning up carbon pollution from power plants is essential to saving those lives and that will save money. it's important to remember, too, he economic effects of unregulated carbon, it does not just extend to the climate but theals by products of clean air that come and help our economy as well, help people be healthy and help them ultimately contribute to the economy. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, reserves. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield is recognized. mr. whitfiel

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