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Off~ OFIj <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />,639, A+cORP�� <br />ft1 CEIVF D <br />TM it CLE <br />BEADING. M;,-`-', <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Health <br />Date: 2017-03-22 <br />Building: Reading Town Hall <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: General Business <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />1O I1 APR 2 0 P 1 4 r I <br />Time: 530 PM <br />Location: Berger Room <br />Session: General Session <br />John Costigan, Andrew Friedmann, Beth Shurland <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Nancy Docktor <br />Others Present: <br />Bob Bracey, Interim Health Agent, Shawn Ferris, Maureen Buzby, Regional <br />Tobacco Control, Ruth Clay, Melrose/Wakefield Health Director, Kyle Krupa, <br />Dan Dewar, John Halsey, Board of Selectmen/Liaison, Dennis Lane, <br />Responsible Retailing, Jack Devir, Kalpesh Patel, Neil Joudrie <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Darlene Foley <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Board of Health meeting came to order at 5:37 pm on March 22, 2017 in the Berger Room <br />of Reading Town Hall. <br />Minutes <br />Minutes of January 18, 2017 were presented. Motion was made by Friedmann to accept the <br />minutes with one correction. Motion was seconded by Shurland. Motion passed 3:0 <br />Minutes of January 24, 2017 were presented. Friedmann made a motion to accept the <br />minutes, seconded by Shurland. Motion passed 3:0 <br />Minutes of February 6, 2017 were presented. Friedmann made a motion to accept the <br />minutes, seconded by Shurland. Motion passed 3:0 <br />Costigan began the tobacco discussion with responses to inquiries made during the public <br />hearing on February 6, 2017. John Halsey had previously inquired if statistics were <br />available relating to youth usage in Reading. Statistical data, provided by Eric McNamara of <br />RCASA from the 2015 Reading Youth Risk Behavior Study indicated 18% of Reading <br />Memorial High School students had ever used cigarettes, recent use (within the last 30 <br />days) of cigarettes was 10%, recent smokeless tobacco use was 7%, total cigar use was <br />11%, and 24% of students had used e -cigarettes in the last thirty days. Costigan stated <br />this was a pretty significant amount. The numbers compared fairly well with the nation as a <br />whole; 43% across the country had ever used cigarettes, versus 18% in Reading. However <br />the country wide survey did not include e -cigarettes use which was 24% in the past 30 days <br />in Reading. The middle school portion of the survey indicated 7% of students had ever used <br />e -cigarettes; both cigarette and flavored cigar use were 3% each. <br />Page 1 1 <br />