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General Comment:Dear Mr. Zeller:

I am writing to let you know how the proposed 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 effects me as an individual consumer.  Given that the FDA has thousands of employees and massive annual budgets and still took them three years to come up with these proposals, and given the fact that they have requested over 100 times in them for additional information and research to be provided, I am requesting that the comment period for the Proposed Rule be extended for 180 days.  Giving the public less than one day per request to submit information is a bit extreme.  I would like to submit my comments and related research on many of these items, but if the FDA seriously wants the public and those who are going to be governed by these regulations to supply the information requested, they should allow us the time to gather it.  As this will be our ONLY occasion to provide such feedback, and as the FDA has admitted that they do not have this information and need it for proper evaluation, I ask that enough time be given so that these important issues can be evaluated in an objective way based on actual research.

I appreciate your consideration of my request and look forward to the opportunity to provide you with further input.
