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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. 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.
