Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-8089
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-18T04:00Z

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

General Comment:I starting vaping in December of 2013. I had smoked several disposable e-cigs prior trying to quit but was unsuccessful. In December my boyfriend bought me a small electronic ecig and I loved it. I was smoking cigarettes considerably less. In March I found a much better e-cig through the store Steam Cigs and I was no longer smoking cigarettes anymore. Vaping doesn't contain tobacco and it is still a way for me to have the motions of smoking of a cigarette without actually doing so. The flavors are better and it doesn't even have any of the harmful things that cigarettes do in it. I do not even need to put nicotine in an e-cig. Vaping is much healthier and safer. Preventing me from being able to vape would most likely cause me to go back to smoking cigarettes which is extremely harmful to my health. Using ecigs should not be classified as tobacco products since they do not even contain tobacco. Vaping has become a huge community and I see less people smoking cigarettes now and more people vaping which is a healthier choice. I don't mind walking by someone who is vaping. I do mind walking by someone who is smoking a real cigarette.

 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