. >> good afternoon, my name is cathy otto... >> could you hold the microphone closer. >> my name is cathy otto and i am a volunteer legislative ambassador for the american cancer society and i live in san francisco and thank you for inviting me here. and i have supervisor mar mentioned, tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death. low income neighborhoods and those with people of color have a greater number of tobacco retailers in san francisco. and these neighborhoods also have a greater number of tobacco related diseases. and the tobacco industry markets heavily to youth and ethnic minorities that lost a lot of the adult and reducing the density of the retailers and prohibiting them to being near the schools will over time reduce the number of tobacco ads they will be exposed to and will reduce access to tobacco by youth. we all know if you make something inconvenient for people they won't do it. and if you make it really convenient, it is very easy for them to do it. we know that the tobacco industry is well aware that most smokers start before age 18. and nearly 100 percen