Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-5035
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-16T04:00Z

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

General Comment:Dear Mr. Zeller,

I am writing as an individual consumer to request an extension of the comment period for the Food and Drug Administration's 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 significant issues and questions that are important and relevant to me as a long-time user of electronic cigarettes. The Proposed Rule asks about a hundred different questions I want to respond to in detail, but my time to devote to researching and providing thoughtful comments on these important questions is limited. I have already spent many hours researching those issues, but this is a huge task. Since it took the FDA many years to come up with the Proposed Rule, I think it is reasonable to allow the public at least six months to comment on it. This is our only opportunity, as consumers, to provide our well-researched feedback. 

I firmly believe that electronic cigarettes saved my life. I wish to tell you my story, as well as offer science- and evidence-based responses to your questions, and I hope you will take my comments into account. 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 interested parties have the opportunity to provide their comments on this proposed regulation.

I appreciate your consideration of my request.
Sincerely,
Katherine