Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-5515
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-16T04:00Z

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

General Comment:I am writing as an individual consumer to request 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. On behalf of myself, 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.

The Proposed Rule raises a number of issues and questions that are important to me as a consumer of products. The Proposed Rule asks a hundred questions, I have spent a lot of time researching these questions, but it takes times to provide all the answers. It took the FDA took  years to come up with the Proposed Rule, so I don't think it is unreasonable to allow the public six months to comment on it. This is our only opportunity, as consumers, to provide our feedback. 

I feel very strongly about e-cigarettes as an alternative to combustible cigarettes. I firmly believe that they saved my life, and turned me away from the normal cigarettes. I want to give you my story, and tell you what I have learned about e-cigarettes. Before I even decided to start, I did in depth research, weighing all the pros and cons, and learning  even more on the matter of e-cigarettes after I started the "habit". I realize that the FDA has the authority under 21 CFR 10.40 to extend this time frame and that the FDA has exercised this authority on numerous occasions in the past. I would therefore ask that you do so here, so that all stakeholders have the opportunity to provide their comments on this proposed regulation.

I appreciate your consideration of my request and am happy to discuss this issue with you further.