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Stefanie Ananthan SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL <br /> Provided to the Planning Commission <br /> Subject: FW: Distribution to planning commission After Distribution of Packet <br /> From: Larissa Seto<[email protected]> Date Distributed: Li O <br /> Sent: Monday,January 13, 2020 4:47 PM <br /> To:Amy Shannon_ Stefanie Ananthan<[email protected]> <br /> Subject: Distribution to planning commission <br /> Amy-thank you for sharing this information <br /> Stephanie-would you please provide this to the Planning Commissioners <br /> - Larissa <br /> On Jan 13,2020, at 2:58 PM,Amy Shannon inimaimmim wrote: <br /> Planning Commission Members, <br /> As you are due to discuss the Youth Commission recommendations on tobacco on Wednesday <br /> January 15th, I wanted to reach out to express my support- specifically with regard to <br /> recommendation #3 (restrict the sale of tobacco products within 1,000 feet of public schools, <br /> public parks, and public recreation facilities [with pre-existing tobacco shops being allowed to <br /> remain as legal non-conforming uses]). <br /> Pleasanton is not immune to the national epidemic of increasing tobacco usage among high <br /> school students. Juul and other e-cigarette companies have fueled adolescent interest in <br /> tobacco through predatory marketing techniques designed to appeal to an underage generation <br /> of new consumers. It has worked. Today, 30% of our Pleasanton students have used e- <br /> cigarettes and almost 80% believe that vaping devices are easy to obtain (California Healthy <br /> Kids Survey). We must address the problem in our own backyards. We cannot leave our <br /> children to fight this battle on their own nor can we afford to become the city of choice <br /> for the youth of the surrounding area to come an purchase products. Our neighbor <br /> communities have strong ordinances (Livermore) or are considering them (Dublin). <br /> Pleasanton not taking action to address this issue leaves us open to being the go-to- <br /> destination for vaping products which is out of line with the family centered community <br /> of Character we are. <br /> As a mom of school aged children in Pleasanton, I am keenly aware that policy decisions <br /> enacted today will have a direct impact on my kids and that is why I am supportive of the work <br /> undertaken by the youth commission to protect our youth. <br /> Thank you for your consideration of this issue, <br /> Amy Shannon <br /> Wellness Chair, Hearst PTA <br /> Wellness, Pleasanton PTA Council <br /> 1 <br />