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General Comment:Dear Mr. Zeller:

I feel very strongly about e-cigarettes as an alternative to combustible cigarettes. Quite simply, I firmly believe that they saved my life.

I am requesting 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.

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.

I know that the FDA took many years to even come up with the Proposed Rule, so I do not think it is at all unreasonable to allow the public a mere six months to comment on it. This is our only opportunity, as consumers, to provide our feedback.

I began smoking a pack of tobacco cigarettes a day at the age of 16, and none of the FDA-approved cessation methods worked for me. That was almost forty years ago. I am now smoke-free and nicotine-free, and have been for six months.

There is LITTLE CHANCE of me taking up tobacco cigarette smoking again, because I CAN'T STAND THE SMELL.

Without vaping (e-cigarettes), I would still be smoking.

However the proposed rule, if it becomes final, would likely make it impossible for others to follow the same path that I did.

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. The Proposed Rule asks about a hundred different questions I might want to respond to.

I wish to provide you with more details about my personal story, as well as science- and evidence-based responses to your questions so that you can take my comment into account.

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

Raj S.

