Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-8774
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-18T04:00Z

Comment Info: =================

General Comment:Dear Mr. Zeller

I am writing in regard to:
An extension of the comment period for the Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") Proposed Rule Deeming Tobacco Products to be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Family Smoking and Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the "Proposed Rule") published at 79 Fed. Reg. 23,142 and Federal Register No. 2014-09491.

I am requesting that the comment period for the Proposed Rule be extended by the FDA for an additional 105 days, from its current 75-day period, to 180 days.
I know that the FDA took many years to come up with the Proposed Rule, so it is not unreasonable at all, to allow the public at least six months to comment on it. 
This is our only opportunity, as consumers, to provide our feedback. 

The Proposed Rule asks about a hundred different questions I might want to respond to. 
I want to provide my thoughts and comments on many of these issues.
Using e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking combustible cigarettes, which have scientifically been proven to kill, have saved my life, so this is very important to me personally. 

The FDA has the authority under 21 CFR 10.40 to extend this time frame. 
The FDA has used this authority on numerous occasions in the past. 
I would therefore ask that you do so here.