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4 JANUARY 19, 2022
Slippers Can Be Dropped Off At Windward Mall In Tobacco Awareness Effort
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wai‘i State Legislature.
The legislation includes a bill to end the sale of fla-
received will be donated to houseless and other at-risk young people.
“The Youth Council hopes to use this public demonstra- tion as a way to raise aware- ness in both our local com- munities and in legislation,” states member Zoey Duan. “It is crucial to highlight the real impacts of the rising va- ping epidemic in our com- munities — its effects on our fellow youths, friends, classmates and neighbors. By working with schools and health organizations to collect slippers from across the islands, we can show our support for the 21,000 lives that could be lost, as well as our demand for change, through a collective effort.
vored tobacco products — including menthol — which attract keiki, as well as a bill aimed at making e-cigarettes less available to young peo- ple by regulating them in the same way as other tobacco products.
“I myself personally, have had relatives actually pass away due to the consequenc- es of vaping and tobacco use, and I know many other students in our local schools are affected by this,” Duan shares.
Makaya Vaioleti-Akau, an 11-year-old Kailua Elemen- tary School student, stopped by the display on its opening day to drop off slippers.
Kailua Elementary School student Makaya Vaioleti-Akau donates slippers to the Coalition for a Tobacco-free Hawai‘i Youth Council display at Windward Mall.
PHOTO COURTESY SCOTT STENSRUD
The display highlights deaths that could be mini- mized through state-level legislation, which is expect- ed to be introduced in the upcoming session at the Ha-
Makaya’s mom Rachael Akau says that they were walking through the mall
“The highly-concentrated nicotine in e-cigarettes is a direct threat to the develop- ing brain, interfering with thinking, behavior and im- pulse control,” states Youth Council member Theresa Ng.
“I’m donating slippers to my ‘ohana that vapes and smokes cigarettes,” Vaiole- ti-Akau explains. “Vaping and smoking is bad for you because it can lead to death and it can hurt your lungs, and it’s unhealthy. I have some aunties, uncles and cousins that vape and I feel that they should stop.”
and the exhibit caught their eyes, so they decided to buy some slippers and donate them to the cause in support.
good,” she shares.
Summing up her thoughts,
as a personal issue in my life co-free Hawai‘i Youth and I wanted to get involved Council is a program of Ha- in my community to stop wai‘i Public Health Institute. this vaping epidemic.” For more information, vis-
“I try to tell my kids not to smoke, and try to push the issue that smoking is not
Youth Council member Misa Layne notes, “I got involved personally because a lot of my friends smoke and vape themselves. So, I just saw it
Coalition for a Tobac- it hiphi.org/youth.
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