Legislature(2013 - 2014)CAPITOL 106

03/25/2014 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES


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*+ HB 374 STATEWIDE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM TELECONFERENCED
Scheduled But Not Heard
+ SB 169 IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM; VACCINE ASSESSMENTS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
<Companion Bill to HB 374>
*+ HB 376 EXTEND ALASKA HEALTH CARE COMMISSION TELECONFERENCED
Moved Out of Committee
*+ HB 360 REGULATION OF SMOKING TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
*+ HCR 21 CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH TELECONFERENCED
Moved Out of Committee
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
                  HB 360-REGULATION OF SMOKING                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:42:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS announced that the  next order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 360,  "An  Act  prohibiting smoking  in  certain                                                               
locations; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  CSHB   360,  labeled  28-LS1336\U,  Strasbaugh,                                                               
3/21/14, as the working draft.   There being no objection, it was                                                               
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:42:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   LINDSEY   HOLMES,  Alaska   State   Legislature,                                                               
declared  that the  proposed bill  was also  called "the  take it                                                               
outside bill."   She  explained that it  was designed  to protect                                                               
people  in their  own workplaces  from having  to breathe  second                                                               
hand smoke.   She stated that there was now  more knowledge about                                                               
the  effects from  second hand  smoke and  she offered  anecdotes                                                               
about  past experiences  with second  hand smoke.   She  reported                                                               
that  second  hand smoke  killed  an  estimated 50,000  Americans                                                               
every year  from lung cancer  and heart disease, and  the Surgeon                                                               
General  had reported  that even  brief exposure  to second  hand                                                               
smoke  could  have  immediate  adverse  effects  on  the  cardio-                                                               
vascular system.   This  same report  estimated that  second hand                                                               
smoke caused  about $5.6 billion  in loss  productivity annually.                                                               
An  analysis from  the Institute  of Medicine  in 2009  concluded                                                               
that smoke free  workplace laws helped reduce  heart attacks from                                                               
6 -  47 percent.   She noted that stroke  had also been  added to                                                               
the list  as caused by exposure  to second hand smoke.   She said                                                               
that approximately  half of  the jobs in  Alaska were  covered by                                                               
smoke  free workplace  laws.   She  reported that  more than  400                                                               
businesses in  Alaska had signed  resolutions supporting  a state                                                               
wide  smoke  free  indoor workplace  law  [Included  in  members'                                                               
packets],  noting  that the  Alaska  Supreme  Court had  recently                                                               
recognized that the government did  have a legitimate interest in                                                               
protecting citizens from "the  well-established dangers of second                                                               
hand  tobacco smoke."    She  reported that  more  than 30  other                                                               
states already had similar laws.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS  asked if the decision  by work places to  be smoke                                                               
free was voluntary.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES replied that  some were voluntary, although                                                               
many were in  areas of the state that had  local, smoke free work                                                               
place laws.  She pointed  out that, in many unincorporated areas,                                                               
local  government  did  not  have   the  power  to  impose  these                                                               
ordinances.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS asked how the proposed bill would be enforced.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOLMES  replied  that  "it's  fairly  well  self-                                                               
policing" and there had been very little need for enforcement.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:47:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT  ERVINE,  Staff,  Representative  Lindsey  Holmes,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature, explained  that smoking  laws in  Alaska were                                                               
under  the purview  of Department  of Environmental  Conservation                                                               
(DEC) although a  goal of the proposed bill was  to shift this to                                                               
Department  of Health  and Social  Services (DHSS).   This  would                                                               
allow an employee  to make a complaint if there  was a violation.                                                               
He  referred  to  the Sectional  Summary  [Included  in  members'                                                               
packets].   He explained that  Section 1, paragraph  (1), created                                                               
new smoking laws  to prohibit smoking in,  among others, enclosed                                                               
areas within  places of employment,  public places,  schools, and                                                               
transportation facilities.   Describing paragraph (2),  he stated                                                               
that it applied  to, among others, outdoor  arenas, stadiums, and                                                               
areas of public schools.  Moving  on to subsection (b), he listed                                                               
the   three  exemptions   to  include   private  clubs,   private                                                               
residences  except  hotels  or motels,  and  vessels  engaged  in                                                               
commercial or  sport fishing  activities.   The next  section, AS                                                               
18.35.331, required  employers, owners, and operators  to post no                                                               
smoking  signs  within  places  or  vehicles  where  smoking  was                                                               
prohibited.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON asked for  identification of the referenced                                                               
page and line.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER stated that this was on page 3, line 3.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE directed attention to  page 3, line 23, which required                                                               
the commissioner of  DHSS to develop and  maintain procedures for                                                               
processing reports of  violations.  He observed that  it would be                                                               
necessary for further  clarification that this was  not "a gotcha                                                               
task  force as  enforcement."   He moved  on to  page 3,  line 31                                                               
through page 4,  line 13, which established the  fine amounts for                                                               
violations.   He noted that,  although these regulations  did not                                                               
fall  under the  purview of  DHSS, DEC  did not  have enforcement                                                               
capabilities  for the  current smoking  law either.   This  would                                                               
shift  the enforcement  to DHSS,  and "hopefully  give them  some                                                               
measure of teeth to enforce this."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON directed  attention to page 3,  line 6, and                                                               
asked about a task force.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE stated that a task force was not being established.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES  said that  the goal was  for clarification                                                               
that the  intent for  the proposed  bill was not  to be  "a sting                                                               
operation," or a "big enforcement  effort."  She offered that her                                                               
intent  was for  this to  be "complaint  driven only,  and fairly                                                               
limited in scope," and not for "a big enforcement effort."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS said that the proposed bill would be held over.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR.  ERVINE directed  attention back  to AS  18.35.344(c) through                                                               
(e),  page 3,  line 31  through page  4, line  13, which  allowed                                                               
peace officers,  or an employee  designated by  the commissioner,                                                               
to  issue  citations  for  violations  of the  new  law.    These                                                               
violations  could   be  reported   by  a  person   observing  the                                                               
violation.   He stated that it  went on to discuss  ticketing and                                                               
bail for violations.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:54:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE directed  attention to AS 18.35.351, page  5, lines 30                                                               
- 31,  and page 6, lines  1 - 9, which  required the Commissioner                                                               
of DHSS "to administer and enforce  the provisions of the new law                                                               
and adopt regulations  as needed."  He referred  to AS 18.35.356,                                                               
page 6, lines 10 - 19,  which required the [DHSS] commissioner to                                                               
provide ongoing access to the  public about the law, including an                                                               
electronically    published   brochure    explaining   the    new                                                               
requirements for employers,  property owners, property operators,                                                               
and the public.   He said this was an  important component of the                                                               
proposed  bill,  as  it  focused  on  public  education  and  not                                                               
enforcement.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  ERVINE moved  on to  AS 18.35.357,  page 6,  lines 20  - 27,                                                               
noting that this  was an important protection  for employees from                                                               
retaliation by an  employer.  He said that AS  18.35.359, page 6,                                                               
lines  28  -  31,  and  page   7,  line  1,  established  that  a                                                               
municipality  may adopt  and enforce  local laws  that were  more                                                               
stringent  that  the  proposed  bill.     He  explained  that  AS                                                               
18.35.366, page 7,  lines 3 - 31  and page 8, lines 1  - 14, were                                                               
the definitions provided  for business, commissioner, department,                                                               
e-cigarette,  employee,  employer,  enclosed  area,  health  care                                                               
facility, private  club, place of  employment, public  place, and                                                               
smoking.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE referred to page 8,  lines 15 - 16, which repealed the                                                               
listed existing statutes.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS asked about the authority to issue citations.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE  replied that the  proposed bill would  designate that                                                               
authority.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER asked  for clarification  that the  person                                                               
issuing the citation had to see the offense committed.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE referred to page 4, lines 21 - 23.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER asked  if the criteria for  a citation were                                                               
for the complainant to witness the offense.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE replied that either  a peace officer or the designated                                                               
department person could issue the citation.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER asked for more clarification.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES  offered her  understanding that  the peace                                                               
officer  must  witness  the  offense,  but  that  the  designated                                                               
department person did not have to witness it.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:59:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PRUITT, asking  for clarification  that a  person                                                               
designated  by the  commissioner could  issue a  citation without                                                               
having to see the offense,  announced that this "could be opening                                                               
ourselves up" and declared "that's a slippery slope."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MR.   ERVINE   explained  that   the   intention   was  for   the                                                               
commissioner, or the designated person,  to follow up on a report                                                               
with a  letter, instead  of an  actual citation.   He  offered to                                                               
provide clarification in the proposed bill.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   PRUITT    stated   his   recognition    for   an                                                               
indeterminate  fiscal  note,  as  it "could  be  huge  if  you're                                                               
talking about having  enough people out there for  all the little                                                               
situations."                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMES said  that this was not the  intent for the                                                               
proposed   bill,   and   they   would  continue   to   work   for                                                               
clarification.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON referred  to page  4, lines  16 -  17, and                                                               
stated that  a violation of AS  18.35.301 had to be  committed in                                                               
the presence of the officer,  although a citation could be issued                                                               
for a  violation of  AS 18.35.331  or AS  18.35.357 that  did not                                                               
occur in the presence of the officer.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON,  referring to page  5, line 27,  asked for                                                               
clarification and the intent that  a commissioner may bring civil                                                               
action to enjoin a violation of these statutes.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOLMES replied  that this  would be  a result  of                                                               
non-compliance with the law.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON asked  if this  could result  from a  $100                                                               
violation in Superior Court.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOLMES explained  that enjoining  the action  was                                                               
similar to a temporary restraining  order after non-compliance to                                                               
repeated complaints.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MR.  ERVINE  pointed  out  that  the  fines  and  the  injunction                                                               
sections were  modeled from existing  law.  He  discussed Section                                                               
3, page 8, lines 17 -  20, which was uncodified law and clarified                                                               
that  the new  provisions of  the bill  applied to  violations or                                                               
failure  to comply  that occur  on or  after the  effective date.                                                               
Section  4,  page 8,  lines  21  -  26,  was uncodified  law  and                                                               
permitted  Department  of Health  and  Social  Services to  adopt                                                               
regulations  to implement  Section 1  of the  proposed bill.   He                                                               
noted  that any  regulations  could not  take  effect before  the                                                               
effective date.   He  concluded with  Sections 5  and 6,  page 8,                                                               
lines 27 and 28, which set  the effective date of October 1, 2014                                                               
for the bill, although Section 4 would take effect immediately.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:05:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. ERVINE paraphrased  from the Summary of  Changes [Included in                                                               
members'   packets]  and   stated   that  there   was  a   slight                                                               
modification of  the bill title.   He directed attention  to page                                                               
1,  line 8,  and said  that  the proposed  areas for  prohibiting                                                               
smoking had been split to  just include enclosed areas, with page                                                               
2, line  15, now including  enclosed areas  and the grounds.   On                                                               
page 2, line 1, "health care  facility" was deleted from the list                                                               
in  subsection (a)(1)(D).    On page  2,  lines 11  -  12, a  new                                                               
subparagraph  (H)  specified that  smoking  was  only allowed  in                                                               
vehicles  driven by  an owner/operator,  and not  in any  vehicle                                                               
used as  a place of  employment.  On page  3, line 1,  "or adult"                                                               
was inserted after  "children" to clarify that  the exemption was                                                               
for  private residences,  and did  not include  a location  where                                                               
adult care  was provided on a  fee for service basis.   Moving on                                                               
to page 3,  lines 13 - 17, he described  that subsections (b) and                                                               
(c)  were  combined and  rewritten  to  place responsibility  for                                                               
posting  signage that  smoking was  prohibited on  the person  in                                                               
charge of  the building.   On page 3,  lines 21 -  22, subsection                                                               
(d) was rewritten to require  the Department of Health and Social                                                               
Services to provide the required signs  in this section.  On page                                                               
3, AS 18.35.331, subsection (f) was  deleted, and on page 6, line                                                               
29,  "or  a political  subdivision  of  the state"  was  deleted.                                                               
Finally,  on  page  7,  lines  9 -  12,  the  definition  of  "e-                                                               
cigarette" was amended to include  a broader range of e-cigarette                                                               
products that  produce a vapor  for inhalation, even  though this                                                               
vapor  may  not be  nicotine,  but  could contain  other  harmful                                                               
toxins.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:08:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 4:08 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:10:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS  said that  the proposed bill  would be  held over,                                                               
and he opened public testimony.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:11:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JANET  KINCAID, Business  Owner,  reported that  there  was a  no                                                               
smoking  ordinance in  Palmer with  almost universal  support and                                                               
that it had been very good for business and health.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CARMEN  LUNDE, Kodiak  Cabaret,  Hotel,  Restaurant, &  Retailers                                                               
Association (CHARR),  stated that government  intervention needed                                                               
to stop.   She declared  that the  proposed bill was  targeted at                                                               
bars,  as  there  was  no  longer smoking  in  the  other  places                                                               
described  in the  proposed  bill.   She  said  that Kodiak  used                                                               
common sense  for its  smoking issues and  allowed a  free choice                                                               
for  individuals.   She opined  that no  government at  any level                                                               
should have the right to dictate  how a business owner chooses to                                                               
run their business.   She declared that citizens  should have the                                                               
right to make their own choices.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
LARRY HACKENMILLER, member, Alaska  Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant, &                                                               
Retailers  Association, stated  that the  Fairbanks City  Council                                                               
had decided that there was  sufficient choice and had decided not                                                               
to  implement  any   widespread  ban.    He   declared  that  the                                                               
statistics  for death  from  second hand  smoke  had not  changed                                                               
since initial  testimonies, and  he opined  that this  would have                                                               
declined  as there  were now  fewer smokers.   He  questioned the                                                               
hazards included  with smoking.  He  said that there was  not any                                                               
science  to support  harm  from e-cigarettes.    He compared  the                                                               
toxins,  chemicals,  and  carcinogens emitted  from  e-cigarettes                                                               
with  those from  candles,  declaring  them to  be  similar.   He                                                               
pointed out that candles were  not included in the proposed bill.                                                               
He stated  that, as 95  percent of restaurants in  Fairbanks were                                                               
non-smoking by  choice, the proposed  bill was not  necessary and                                                               
only  "makes  criminals   out  of  people"  and   "beefs  up  the                                                               
government  payroll  beyond  what's   necessary  and  it  doesn't                                                               
address  [the] real  issue."   He  referenced  the building  code                                                               
requirement for air exchanges, which  did not mention second hand                                                               
smoke, and he  said "well, this bull about,  well, the employee's                                                               
safety, it's a matter of preference  and an employee may not like                                                               
the  smell of  smoke or  whatever, but  it's still..  again, when                                                               
they keep  telling you that  we have a  right to smoke  free air,                                                               
well, that's  true, but  you also  have a  right to  smoke filled                                                               
air.   Those rights exist for  everybody."  He declared  that, as                                                               
the discussion  was for second hand  smoke, he had not  found any                                                               
research that "shows a miniscule exposure" was a health issue.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:17:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MARK MILITELLO, owner,  Sumo Vapor, said that, although  he was a                                                               
non-smoker, he did  not agree with a comparison  of cigarettes to                                                               
e-cigarettes.  He said he had  not yet been shown that anyone had                                                               
died from exposure  to e-cigarettes.  He offered  his belief that                                                               
e-cigarettes  should  be  compared   to  the  nicotine  patch  or                                                               
nicotine gum.   He stated that he was the  owner of an electronic                                                               
cigarette store,  and he opined  that e-cigarettes should  not be                                                               
included in the proposed bill.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
DANIEL LYNCH  said that  he had  been a  smoker for  forty years,                                                               
although he  recognized that  it was  "a bad  habit."   He stated                                                               
that "a  few do-gooders want to  make me a criminal  for having a                                                               
bad  legal habit."    He  pointed out  that  he voluntarily  paid                                                               
substantial taxes  on his  cigarette purchases.   He  stated that                                                               
cigarette smoke was healthier than  tailpipe exhaust.  He relayed                                                               
that all  of his previous employers  had the freedom to  make and                                                               
enforce their  own policies on  work place  activities, including                                                               
smoking, and that these policies worked well.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ANGELA  CARROLL, Owner,  Glacier  Vapors, said  that  she was  an                                                               
owner of  a vapor e-cigarette shop,  and that she was  opposed to                                                               
the  language including  electronic  cigarettes  in the  proposed                                                               
bill.  She  offered her belief that a business  owner should make                                                               
the decision to  allow vaping or smoking  in their establishment.                                                               
She  stated  that  e-cigarettes   should  not  be  included  with                                                               
cigarettes.   She  reported that  she had  been a  smoker for  37                                                               
years,  and  that  e-cigarettes   had  dramatically  lowered  her                                                               
nicotine intake.   She offered her belief that  the proposed bill                                                               
would  close  down  most  e-cigarette stores.    She  pointed  to                                                               
studies which  indicated that  vaping was  far less  harmful than                                                               
cigarettes, and  she asked for  an educated vote on  the proposed                                                               
bill, and  an exclusion  of e-cigarettes in  the language  of the                                                               
proposed bill.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:24:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DALE FOX, President  & CEO, Alaska Cabaret,  Hotel, Restaurant, &                                                               
Retailers Association (CHARR), declared  that the "ban on smoking                                                               
is a ban on  bars."  He said that almost every  place on the list                                                               
was  already excluded  from smoking,  and  that most  communities                                                               
offered a  number of  choices for bars  and businesses  to visit.                                                               
He   said  that   CHARR  members   were  really   frightened,  as                                                               
significant losses of revenue were  reported after a smoking ban.                                                               
His observations were  that smoking bans had led to  a 30 percent                                                               
decrease in  revenue.  He stated  that there should be  a freedom                                                               
of choice  for smoking or non-smoking.   He said that  many CHARR                                                               
members were  angry, as local  votes had allowed  the maintenance                                                               
of both smoking and non-smoking  establishments.  He stated that,                                                               
if legislators  believed in smaller  government and the  right of                                                               
self-determination  by  local  government,  there  would  not  be                                                               
support of the proposed bill.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
BETTY  MACTAVISH  commended  the committee  for  considering  the                                                               
proposed bill.   She reported  that only half of  Alaskan workers                                                               
were protected  by smoke free  workplace laws, and that  one non-                                                               
smoker died  from second hand  smoke for every nine  smokers "who                                                               
died  from their  addiction."   Her extended  exposure to  second                                                               
hand smoke had resulted in her  diagnosis as "having the lungs of                                                               
a smoker."   She stated that the science was  clear that exposure                                                               
to tobacco  smoke kills.   She addressed e-cigarettes  and second                                                               
hand aerosol, and stated that  this was not harmless water vapor,                                                               
as stated by  the tobacco industry.  She noted  that research had                                                               
just begun for the health  effects of e-cigarettes.  She reported                                                               
that  second  hand  e-cigarette aerosol  contained  nicotine  and                                                               
ultra-fine  particles,  concentrated  at levels  higher  than  in                                                               
conventional   tobacco   cigarette   smoke,   which   exacerbated                                                               
respiratory  ailments.   She  listed some  of  the compounds  and                                                               
metals known to be in  second hand e-cigarette aerosol, including                                                               
chromium,  nickel,  tin, benzene,  acetone,  and  glycerol.   She                                                               
shared  that  three  other states  had  already  protected  their                                                               
workers from  second hand aerosol  exposure from  e-cigarettes in                                                               
the work place by passing strong work place laws.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:29:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HIGGINS stated that public testimony would be kept open.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:29:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at-ease.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:30:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MATT WAGNER,  Bad Boy Vapors  Alaska, LLC, stated  his opposition                                                               
to the proposed bill.   He expressed his agreement for consistent                                                               
regulation  of  smoking  in Alaska  and  the  detrimental  health                                                               
effects  to both  users and  those  in proximity  to second  hand                                                               
smoke.   He stated,  however, that  inclusion of  e-cigarettes in                                                               
the proposed  bill was a  mistake.   He declared "smoking  is not                                                               
vaping and vaping  is not smoking."  He explained  that there was                                                               
not  any  combustion from  use  of  e-cigarettes, and  therefore,                                                               
there were  no dangerous by-products.   He directed  attention to                                                               
studies which  indicated that the  second hand effects  of vaping                                                               
were  extremely negligible.   He  shared his  excitement for  the                                                               
success of  people who  had "quit  smoking paper  cigarettes with                                                               
the help  of electronic cigarettes."   He declared that  these e-                                                               
cigarettes were an  effective alternative, and that  they did not                                                               
put  anyone  at  risk  for  inhaling  the  toxic  by-products  of                                                               
smoking.   He  declared opposition  to the  proposed bill,  as it                                                               
would  no  longer be  possible  to  demonstrate the  benefits  of                                                               
vaping.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SEAN  DASILVA,  Bad  Boy  Vapors Alaska,  LLC,  shared  that  the                                                               
aforementioned  technical   research  had   been  from   a  study                                                               
conducted almost  six years  prior, when  the industry  was still                                                               
extremely primitive.   He acknowledged that  the e-cigarettes and                                                               
the "e-juice"  were then  coming from China,  and that  there had                                                               
not been any  regulation.  He stated expectations for  the FDA to                                                               
regulate and  certify the "e-juice."   He pointed to  two studies                                                               
that  reported no  meaningful risk  from second  hand vapor.   He                                                               
asked  that  the  committee  gather   all  the  facts  to  better                                                               
understand  that  policy in  HB  360  for e-cigarettes  was  mis-                                                               
guided.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
[HB 360 was held over]                                                                                                          

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
SB169 Sponsor Statement FIN.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-1-2-022414-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-2-2-022414-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-3-3-022414-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-4-2-022414-CED-N.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-5-2-022414-ADM-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-6-2-030714-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-7-3-030714-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169-8-2-030714-DHS-Y.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB169 Vaccines In AK short vsn (2).pptx HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB169FlowChart_7Mar2014.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB169PayerPyramid_7Mar2014.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Support Letters.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Support Emails.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Support Dr. Harvey.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Support Dr Lamm NH.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Sectional Analsis vsn I.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 Historic vaccine photo.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN Vaccine Assmt Acct.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN Medicaid Svs.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN Fund Capitalization.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN Epidemiology.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN DCCED Insurance.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB 169 FN Admin.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
2014_03_19 WA Letter from Dr. Harvey in support of AK S B _169_FINAL.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169 FAQs vsn I.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
SB0169 Version I.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
HB0374A.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB0376A.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
HB 376 Sponsors Statement.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
HB 360 Version A.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Sponsor Statement.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360-CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Smoke-Free Indoor Workplaces Supporters as of 3-5-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360- Borough Smoke Free Law.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360- Alaska Smoke-Free Indoor Workplaces Summary from Coalition.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360- acscan-smoke-free-laws-report-summary.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HCR21 ver U.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Sponsor Statement.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Documents-Safehorizon stats.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Documents-US DHHS Webpage.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360 Opposed 2.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB Opposed 3.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360 Opposed 4.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 5.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 6.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 7.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 8.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 9.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 10.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 11.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 12.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 13.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Opposed 14.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB374-DCCED-DOI-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB374-DHSS-EPI-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB374-DHSS-HCMS-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB374-DHSS-VAA-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB374-DOA-HPA-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 374
HB376-DHSS-CO-03-20-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
HB 360 Opposed 10.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DEC-FSS-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DHSS-CO-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DOT-IASO-3-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DOT-MVO-3-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DOT-SEF-3-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DOT-TMS-3-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB360-DOA-PUR-03-21-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Draft CS.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360-Electronic Cigarette and Secondhand Aerosol (FS-39) 2014-02-181.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360- NYT Article.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360-Electronic Cigarette and Secondhand Aerosol (FS-39) 2014-02-181.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HCR21 Supporting Document-National Timeline.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Document-Maltreatment Data Website.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Document-Dec2013 Foster Placement.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Document-Dec2013 Allegations Substantiated.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HCR21 Supporting Document-Dec2013 Allegations Received.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360 Sectional Summary.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Summary of Changes 3.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 376 2013AnnualReportFINAL.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
HB 360 Support.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360- ATCA E-Cigarette Statement for Committee Hearing 3-25-14.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Letter of Support 1.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Letter of Support 2.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Letter of Support 3.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Letter of Support 4.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 E-cig Or. Ct CA edit.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 17 sug gen.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 AMA E-Cig v tobacco.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 comment to CA similar bill.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 e- cig NY Times edit.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 E-Cig Juneau emp.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 fm pres Am Lung Assoc.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Wash Times edit.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Letter of Support 5.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 376 Resolutions 3 25 2014.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
SB 169 Support Premera.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
SB 169
HB 376 AHCC audit rpt-2013.pdf HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 376
HB 360 Technical report 3 25 2014.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360
HB 360 Research article informa healthcare 302502014.PDF HHSS 3/25/2014 3:00:00 PM
HB 360