Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-7928
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-18T04:00Z

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

General Comment:i have read all the comments on this matter. thus far it is clear that the proposed regulations of electronic cigarettes and e-liquid will not only have a devastating impact on the industry, but over 95% of the comment are against these proposed regulations. as i have 7,500 possible combinations of flavors, nicotine levels and PG/VG variations, and i am a very small company. i do not have the multi-millions of dollars, nor does the rest of the industry other than big tobacco, big pharma and big e-cigarette companies like NJOY, PURE SMOKE, and BLU.

i was a smoker from age 13, now 53 i started using an e-cigarette on my 50th birthday. i tried every way of quitting available, but nothing worked, until the e-cigarette. i have not smoked since that day. i can breath deeply again and have not been sick, not even a sniffle since.

if your decision is based in fact, then take this fact into consideration: if a child sees a pack of nicorette gum, he is most likely to eat it, rather than a child reading a label on a bottle of flavored e-liquid and drinking it. adults like flavor in their e-liquid. 95% of my sales to adults are flavored other that a tobacco flavor. having flavor other than tobacco allows the person to make the choice to stay away from tobacco, and the reminder of tobacco. if their e-liquid runs out, adults using a tobacco flavor are more likely going to buy a pack of cigarettes to get them buy, rather than buy an orange, apple or even a bag of gummi bears to get them by because that is their flavor of choice.

e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, some, not all, may contain nicotine. as any 2nd grade student can surmise, you can should also be able to find that there are many products both natural and man-made that contain nicotine to which you are not addressing, nor have any plans to address. e-liquid does not contain tobacco, therefore based on that fact alone, the FDA should not be making regulations and has no jurisdiction.

the industry has been self regulated for many years now, without your deeming regulations. if any regulations on e-cigarettes and e-liquid come from this, 1. it would be that they must not be sold to minors. 2. e-liquid bottles should have a child-resistant cap. those should be the only regulations. any additional regulations would been perceived as influenced by big tobacco, big pharmaceuticals and hysteria. law suits and long drawn out court battles would ensue.  

not one person has even died using an e-cigarette. many hundreds of thousands of people, now e-cigarette users have given up tobacco without regulation. CHANTIX, one of your "approved" products have brought many deaths, along with hundreds of other side-effects. nicorette gum and patches, another of your "approved products" do not work and have made many very sick due to the many chemicals in them, and a person using them will still smoke cigarettes, causing sickness. peanuts killed over 1,000 people last year, including hundreds of children. FDA is not acting on peanuts, why e-cigarettes, just because you can?

please use science, fact and testimony of actual former smokers and those without a substantial interest in this matter. big tobacco, big pharma, even big e-cigarette companies have financial incentive to distort the truth, as they have proven by their past performances on matters that pertain to their bottom line. lies and hysteria should have no place in the FDA decision making process.

i feel that A 75 day period time to review the proposed regulations is insufficient. We are requesting that the review period be extended to 180 days. you will see that there are many thousands more people that will comment against any regulations, other than the 2 i mentioned. thank you for reading.