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WHEREAS, the State of California's Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC) "opposes the use of e -cigarettes in all areas where other tobacco products are banned."XXX"' WHEREAS, a study published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health suggests that electronic smoking devices "may have the capacity to `re -normalize' tobacco use in a demographic that has had significant denormalization of tobacco use previously";XXX'v and WHEREAS, electronic smoking devices often mimic conventional tobacco products in shape, size, and color,XXXv with the user exhaling a smoke -like vapor similar in appearance to the exhaled smoke from cigarettes and other conventional tobacco products.XXXv' 'Corey, C., Johnson, S., Apelberg, B., et al. (2013). "Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students - United States, 2011- 2012." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 62(35):729-730. Available at: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6235a6.htm. Ibid. Ibid. 'v Ibid. v King, B., Alam S., Promoff, G., et al. (2013). "Awareness and Ever Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Adults, 2010-2011." Nicotine and Tobacco Research, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt013, 2013. Vi State of California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. (2013) Chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. Available at: http.-Iloehha.co.goylprop651prop65 list/files/P65single091313. pdf. V'' German Cancer Research Center. (2013). "Electronic Cigarettes -An Overview" Red Series Tobacco PRevention and Control. Available at: www.dkfz.de/de/tabakkontrolle/download/Publikationen/RoteReihe/Band_19 e - cigarettes an overview.pdf. Viii Goniewicz M, Knysak J, Gawron M, et al. Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes. Tob. Control. 2013;1:1-8. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467656. Accessed August 2, 2013. x German Cancer Research Center. (2013). "Electronic Cigarettes -An Overview" Red Series Tobacco Prevention and Control. Available at: www.dkfz.de/de/tabokkontrolle/download/Publikationen/RoteReihe/Band 19 e - cigarettes an overview.pdf. X Goniewicz M, Knysak J, Gawron M, et al. (2013). Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes. Tob. Control. 1:1-8. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467656. %' Williams, M., Villarreal, A., Bozhilov, K., Lin, S., & Talbot, P. (2013). Metal and silicate particles including nanoparticles are present in electronic cigarette cartomizer fluid and aerosol. PloS one, 8(3), e57987. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057987 x'' Schober W, Szendrei K, Matzen W, et al. (2013). Use of electronic cigarettes (e -cigarettes) impairs indoor air quality and increases FeNO levels of e -cigarette consumers. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health. Available at: h ttp://dx. doi. org/10.1016/j. ijheh.2013.11.003