Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-5943
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-17T04:00Z

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 ("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.

This comment period appears to be our only opportunity, as consumers, to provide our feedback. The Proposed Deeming Rule raises a number of significant issues and questions that are important and relevant to me, as a consumer of products that are proposed for regulation under the Proposed Deeming Rule. There a several questions that I will want to comment on in the proposed deeming rule.  As a working consumer I have limited time to available to research the items I have questions abotu so that my comments are relevant to this decision.

I feel very strongly about e-cigarettes as an alternative to combustible cigarettes. I firmly believe that they saved my life and  I wish to provide you with my personal story, as well as science- and evidence-based responses to your questions. 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.