

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

General Comment:Dear 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. 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. It is the ONLY product that has kept me away from 

combustible cigarettes for 2.5 years after using them for 37 years. 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.

