Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-9006
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-18T04:00Z

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

General Comment:After smoking nearly 1 pack of cigarettes a day, for close to twenty years, I have drastically cut back to nearly zero cigarettes.  I had tried various forms of smoking cessation in the past with no avail.  Between patches, gums, lozenges, and prescription medication, I had spent hundreds of dollars, and plenty of time and countless side affects on my body.  Nothing was ever able to match the need of what a cigarette could give me.  
Two years ago, a friend of mine introduced me to electronic cigarettes, which contradictory to the name, were not nearly as harmful to the body as tobacco, but with the same feeling use of a cigarette.  I was able to gradually "swap" my regular tobacco cigarettes for my vaporizer.  I now feel better, breath easier, and know that I can control the level of nicotine that I am putting into my body.
These devices are in no way any more harmful than tobacco, alcohol, or 90% of the OTC medications that are available in a convenience or grocery store on every street corner in america.
 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.