Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-8702
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-18T04:00Z

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

General Comment:My name is Justin Harless, and I smoked combustible cigarettes for 15 years.  I tried to quit several times, and it was never a successful endeavor.  I found out about e-cigs at the outset of the industry, but the expensive cig-alikes were not sufficient to cut my cravings.  I relapsed to analog cigarettes for another few years, until I found the e-cigs again, as they are now.  The liquids are very helpful in their varying strengths and flavors.  I love the fruity/dessert flavors, and have now been smoke free for 4 months.  I use my e-cig everyday, I am even allowed to use it around my parents whereas I wasn't allowed to smoke around them due to my father's allergies.  

As a consumer, I believe the e-liquids should be regulated, but the methods proposed right now are only going to shut down my local shop.  I would be left without an alternative, and would have to go back to smoking combustible tobacco cigarettes.  This is not okay with me.  I have felt better than I have in decades, and am losing weight due to being able to breathe as I exercise.  Please make the regulation of juices into a better option before shutting down thousands of shops, and tons of jobs.

A 75 day comment period is insufficient time for the vaping industry and the wider vaping community to comment on the proposed deeming regulations. I would respectfully request that the period for comment be extended to 180 days.

Thank you for your time.