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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA REPORT
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12/4/2019
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WHEREAS, existing studies on electronic smoking devices' vapor emissions and <br />cartridge contents have found a number of dangerous substances including: <br />• Chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer"' such as formaldehyde, <br />acetaldehyde, lead, nickel, and chromium;"", VM <br />• PM2.5, acrolein, tin, toluene, and aluminum,ix,x,xi,xi' which are associated with a range of <br />negative health effects such as skin, eye, and respiratory irritation, xiii,xiv,xv,xvi <br />neurological effects,'"" damage to reproductive systems,x" "' and even premature death <br />from heart attacks .and stroke,xix <br />• Inconsistent labeling of nicotine levels in electronic smoking device products; xx and <br />• In one instance, diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze and toxic to <br />humans;xxi and <br />WHEREAS, more than one study has concluded that exposure to vapor from <br />electronic smoking devices may cause passive or secondhand vaping;xx",XX"',xx"' and <br />WHEREAS, some cartridges used by electronic smoking devices can be re -filled with <br />liquid nicotine solution, creating the potential for exposure to dangerous concentrations of <br />nicotine,xx" and as a result: <br />• Poisonings from electronic smoking devices have increased dramatically in the last <br />three and half years from "one [a month] in September 2.010 to 215 a month in <br />February 2014;" xxvi <br />• Analysis of reports of poisonings from electronic smoking devices finds that calls . <br />reporting exposure toelectronic smoking devices are much more likely to involve <br />adverse health effects when compared to calls reporting exposure to conventional <br />cigarettes;'x"" and <br />WHEREAS, clinical studies about the safety and efficacy of these products have not <br />been submitted to the FDAxxviii for the more than 400 brands of electronic smoking devices <br />that are on the marketxxix and for this reason, consumers currently have no way of knowing:xxx <br />• Whether electronic smoking devices are safe; <br />• What types or concentrations of potentially harmful chemicals the products contain; <br />and <br />• What dose of nicotine the products deliver; and <br />WHEREAS, the World Health Organization has strongly advised consumers against <br />the use of electronic smoking devices until they are "deemed safe and effective and of <br />acceptable quality by a competent national regulatory body";mi and <br />WHEREAS, the World Medical Association has determined that electronic smoking <br />devices "are not comparable to scientifically -proven methods of smoking cessation" and. that <br />"neither their value- as therapeutic aids for smoking -cessation nor their safety as. cigarette <br />replacements -is established";xxxii and <br />6 <br />
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