Document ID: FDA-2014-N-0189-42883
Agency: fda
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-07-14T04:00Z

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

General Comment:See attached file(s)

KICK ASH VAPOR, LLC
10048 MANCHESTER RD, STE 226
ST.LOUIS, MO 63122 
May 27,2014 
Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305) 
Food and Drug Administration 
5630 Fishers Lane 
Room 1061 
Rockville, MD 20852 

Re: Request for Extension of Comment Period: Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0189 
We, Kick Ash Vapor, LLC have conducted preliminary review of your lengthy proposed regulations and respectfully request that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extend the comment period for the proposed rule entitled "Deeming Tobacco Products to be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products." 
We, Kick Ash Vapor are a small electronic cigarette retailer employing fewer than 350 people.  We provide our customers with quality electronic cigarettes, and a variety of e-juice flavors.  Kick Ash Vapor's goal is to provide a safer alternative to smoking for those who have tried other options to quit, but havent succeeded.  Vaping has proved to be the most successful alternative to smoking. We have found many studies that prove vaping to be a more safe form of smoking, since you’re “burning” tobacco, not to mention using an open flame to light it, traditional cigarettes by default pose serious fire hazards. Cigarettes are in fact the #1 cause of fire-related death in the United States and 7 other countries. Worldwide, fires started by lit cigarettes constitute 10% of all fire-related deaths. As explained further below, the initial 75-day comment period does not provide enough time for companies like Kick Ash Vapor to adequately analyze the entire proposal and provide substantive comments on the many questions posed by the agency. We need more time to address this 240-page document whose contents will deal a devastating economic blow to our business. 
The preamble to the proposed rule identifies approximately 70 topics and issues the agency has requested comments on. Many of these issues are complex and difficult and relate to an extremely diverse array of products. Clearly, the lengthy time period that the Agency required to propose these regulations is evidence that the issues addressed in the proposal are multi-faceted and challenging. FDA cannot expect any interested party, and in particular, any manufacturer, to conduct a meaningful review and analysis of these issues and provide detailed and thoughtful comment in a 75-day period. 
Therefore, Kick Ash Vapor, LLC again respectfully requests that FDA extend the comment period to 180 days as this will help ensure that the final rule is based on an adequate and meaningful administrative record. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request. 

Sincerely,

KENT HUTCHINSON
KICK ASH VAPOR, LLC
10038 MANCHESTER RD, STE 226
ST. LOUIS MO
STORE:  314-858-1021
PERSONAL: 314-252-8048