Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-6451
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-17T04:00Z

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

General Comment:I am an ulcerative colitis patient. Like many who develop this ADA-recognized condition, mine emerged after I quit smoking cigarettes. After nearly dying twice - once from dehydration and once from PREDNISONE - I reluctantly began smoking cigarettes again. I went into remission.

Smoking, however, was literally killing me. Once I learned about and researched eCigs, however, I decided to make the switch. Within a week, my coughing stopped. My resting heart rate dropped. My blood pressure normalized. I have remained in remission for close to a DECADE. And I haven't smoked a cigarette since.

It is doubtful that my story is common, but there are surely others out there who utilize eCigs "medicinally". After lower and appellate courts ruled that the FDA was out of its depth on the issue, it has come as quite a surprise that there is now a backlash against the product and that the FDA has renewed its efforts to become involved.

I ask that the comment period be extended so that stories like mine can be told and considered. Thank you.