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General Comment: Dear Mr. Zeller: My Name is William Joyner,I am  a 42 year old American male I lost my dad November 30 2013 
due to both  esophigial cancer  and idiopathic pulminary fibrosis,broght on by a long life of smoking he was 65 years old and also an air force airman in vietnam I am urging you to think strongly about the 
positives of "Vaping" / E- Cigarettes as I have been a two and a half pack a day smoker for 20 plus years and 
"Vaping is the only thing that has helped me quit and stay that way!THIS is an alternative 
way for people to get their Nicotine  for those that patches gum and  pills that cause depression/suicide and hypnosis 
just don't work for! I am begging you to let me and others prolong their lives by doing what works for them!I would love 
to see tobacco cigarettes get the same treament as heroin being  that drug seems to be easier to quit that cigarettes
thank you for taking the time to read this and LET ME LIVE AS LONG AS I CAN!!
my personal email addres is uncle_skitzo@yahoo.com PLEASE PLEASE feel free to contact me anytime with 
any and all questions you may have concerning my story/"Vaping"

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. 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.

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 want to provide my thoughts and comments on many of these issues, but my time to devote to researching and providing thoughtful comments on these important questions is limited. I have already spent many hours researching and dissecting these issues, but they take time. 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 feel very strongly about e-cigarettes as an alternative to combustible cigarettes. Quite simply, I firmly believe that they saved my life. I wish to provide you with my personal story, as well as science- and evidence-based responses to your questions so that you can take my comment into account. 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 appreciate your consideration of my request and am happy to discuss this issue with you further.

