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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: Allison Levy <abtannen@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 12:31 PM <br /> To: eComment; Morris, Angie; Lopez,Jessie <br /> Subject: Re: 3/1/22 - Agenda Item #27 <br /> As a resident of Santa Ana and a parent of elementary- and middle-school aged children, I am writing to ask the <br /> Council to support a policy that ends the sale of all flavored tobacco products without further delays. <br /> We know that flavored tobacco is the tobacco product of choice for middle- and high-school children. We know <br /> that this is the age when kids are susceptible to their peers, to product marketing, and to impulsive choices <br /> based on what's readily available - and when life-long tobacco habits are formed. And we know how <br /> devastating those tobacco habits are to the health of our community. Please help ensure that these flavored <br /> tobacco products are not readily available for our kids! <br /> We have a wonderful, diverse community in Santa Ana with a wide variety of cultural activities and traditions <br /> that do *not* promote the use of addictive tobacco products by our youth. The only culture calling out to protect <br /> the use of hookahs is the culture of the tobacco industry- who will promote any argument that helps keep its <br /> products on our shelves. It's not coming from Santa Ana parents; we are looking to you to make evidence-based <br /> policy decisions that protect the health of our children. <br /> The past few years have made it clear that we cannot wait for state or national policies to protect our own here <br /> in Santa Ana. Tobacco companies have aggressively marketed their menthol and flavored tobacco products to <br /> communities of color, low- income, and LGBTQ communities for decades. You can help address the health <br /> inequities burdening our community by supporting a policy that ends the sale of all flavored tobacco products <br /> today. <br /> Allison Levy, Ward 3, Santa Ana <br /> i <br />