Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-9983
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-06-19T04:00Z

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

General Comment:Good afternoon 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. I would personally like to request that the comment period for the Proposed Rule be extended by the FDA for an additional 105 days, giving us a total of 180 days to compose my formal response to these proposals.

The Proposed 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 Rule.  In order to prepare a well thought-out response on the numerous questions asked in the proposal, I’d like to request additional time.  It won’t benefit anyone to just “shoot from the hip”, blasting responses out just to make a deadline. 

Quite frankly, I’m fairly certain that switching to electronic cigarettes save my life.  I’d like to have the time to relate my story for the benefit of other smokers contemplating the same solution.  I smoked a pack a day for 12 years and, after changing to e-cigarettes, haven’t smoked in 6 months.  I’m quite confident that I’m over the combustible version and the 4000 additional chemicals inherent to that product.

I appreciate your consideration of my request and am happy to discuss this issue with you further.

Thank you and best regards,

John New