let's start with doug mccaskey. >> good afternoon, and may i add my birthday wishes. >> please don't. >> happy birthday. >> i am a practicing pediatrician and associate pediatrics at the benefits of dartmouth. i am here representing the american academy of pediatrics at membership at 62 thousand pediatricians. i am the chair of the tobacco consortium and conduct research on tobacco and adolescence. members of the committee, it is talkeasure to be here and about electronic cigarettes. pediatricians have known and unknown risks and health of the -- help and faqs. we are seriously concerned they made late adolescence to a lifetime of nicotine addiction and could serve as a gateway to traditional cigarettes. the aggressive marketing and impact on youth is particularly worrisome. the evidence is clear tobacco and advertising directly impacts the youth. use of the cigarettes is rising dramatically and we believe it is clearly linked to advertising. while there is much we do not know yet about the products, we know enough to say this, we must act now to protect children against the risk from