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CLK-Kimberly Daniel From: Linda Dulaney <linda.m.dulaney@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2020 10:10 AM To: GRP -City Council Cc: Ken Dulaney Subject: Ban on vaping in Redwood City Dear Council Members, I was pleased to read this morning in The Patch that Redwood City is planning a study to look at banning vaping products in Redwood City. As I read it, the ban would prevent the sale of vaping products in Redwood City. I am in support of that, and further, would like to see the public use of vaping products banned in our city. My husband and I walked downtown on Sunday, March 8, and had lunch at Tartine. As we headed home, a man passed by us on Broadway near City Hall using a vaping device and we were suddenly walking through a cloud of his exhaled vaping air. The smell was unpleasant and I don't like being exposed to his vaping product as I am walking down a public street in our city. Please consider banning the sale and public use of vaping products in Redwood City. (Now with the COVID-19 issue, I don't think any of us want to walk through a cloud of someone else's exhaled air.) As we know, Californians are now allowed to buy and use marijuana. When the proposition was on the ballot, voters were told users would not be allowed to smoke in public. But when we are downtown in the summer on Friday evenings, or are going to a restaurant, or are walking out of the theatre in the evening, we often smell marijuana on the street. Recently, someone walked right passed us smoking marijuana and blowing smoke on the street. We have to put up with people vaping on the street as well. Please consider banning the use of these products in public so those of us who choose not to use them and don't like the smell are not forced to tolerate secondhand smoke. Thank you for reading this and considering my position on the banning issue. Sincerely, Linda Dulaney