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General Comment:I started vaping as an alternative to cigarettes. Not only do I not smell horribly bad, I have had other health benefits. Among them are lowered blood pressure, improved lung function as well as less asthma attacks. I vape far less than the packs of cigarettes that I smoked. Additionally, I have dramatically lowered the amount of nicotine I ingest on a daily basis. I am a firm believer that "electronic cigarettes" are not only a viable option to smoking, but can also be used to discard the habit all together. And to the FDA especially, classifying something that is in no way, shape, or form a "tobacco" product is ridiculous in the extreme. Nicotine can come from tobacco but the products used by the vapor industry are FAR less harmful to public health than tobacco cigarettes. Vapor does not contain carbon monoxide as tobacco cigarettes do, as well as whatever additives the cigarette company throws in to increase their addictiveness. Please reevaluate this policy. A 75 day comment period is insufficient time for the vaping industry and the wider vaping community to comment on the proposed deeming regulations. I would respectfully request that the period for comment be extended to 180 days.
