Call to Action! Submit Written Comments – Sec. 918 of Tobacco Act

[kristin]

History:


The FDA held a public hearing on Section 918 on Monday, December 17, 2012. Many THR advocates testified. See: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...etails-analysis-fdas-december-17-hearing.html



For the hearing, we issued a Call to Awareness. This is now a related (as noted below) but separate Call to Action. The FDA will use the testimony that was given at the December 17 hearing, plus the written comments submitted by January 16, 2013 as input for the report to Congress required by the tobacco Act.



How to Submit Written Comments:
To submit a comment electronically: On the page http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2012-N-1148-0001, click the “Comment Now” button. Comments that you type into the comment field are limited to 2,000 characters. If your comment is longer, you can upload a file that contains your comment and just type “See attachment” into the Comment field.


To submit a comment by U.S. Mail: Send to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Identify comments with the docket number [Docket No. FDA-2012-N-1148].


Electronic or written comments will be accepted until January 16, 2013.


What to Say:


1. Describe your history as a smoker: When did you start? How long did you smoke? How much did you smoke....

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[UntamedRose]

Link isnt working :/ neither here nor on casaa site

 

[kristin]

Thanks - try it now.

 

[Tail11]

The FDA link is asking for organization. Should we use CASAA, because you cannot leave it blank.

 

[neauxanalogs]

Would you like a copies of the comments or attachments so that you have an idea of what is being said to the FDA?

 

[kristin]

For "Organization Name" you can say "None" or "N/A" because CASAA is submitting its own official comment as an organization.

For "Submitter's Representative" you can say "Self" or "N/A"

For "Category" you use "Individual Consumer" which is the last choice in the drop down list.

 

[zapped]

Done and thanks for posting this.

 

[Tail11]

For "Organization Name" you can say "None" or "N/A" because CASAA is submitting its own official comment as an organization.

For "Submitter's Representative" you can say "Self" or "N/A"

For "Category" you use "Individual Consumer" which is the last choice in the drop down list.

Thanks. Will upload my letter today.

 

[Tail11]

Submitted my comment.

Thank you for submitting a comment on the following Proposed Rule:

Actions Related to Nicotine Replacement Therapies and Smoking-Cessation Products: Report to Congress on Innovative Products and Treatments for tobacco Dependence; Public Hearing

Agency: FDA
Document ID: FDA-2012-N-1148-0001
Your Comment Tracking Number: 1jw-82uk-cwon
Note this tracking number to find your comment at a later date.
Your attached files:

FDA letter.docx
Successfully uploaded

 

[subversive]

Submitted. 1jx-82w2-9nov. The character limit was rough.

 

[Caridwen]

No longer seems to be working.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

I just got this response from submitting my error request:

Additional Comments:
Entered on 01/03/2013 at 11:03:25 by John S:
Kenneth,

The FDA proposed rule entitled Actions Related to Nicotine Replacement Therapies and
Smoking-Cessation Products: Report to Congress on Innovative Products and Treatments
for Tobacco Dependence; Public Hearing closed for public comment at 11:59 pm, eastern
time, on January 2, 2013, which is why you are receiving an error when attempting to
submit a comment.

To see if the agency will accept late comments, please contact the FDA Docket Center
at 301-827-6860.

If you still need assistance, please reply to this e-mail or call us at
1-877-378-5457 weekdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, EST.

Thank you,
Regulations.gov Help Desk

Just saw this on Smokey Joe's thread in the general forum, sounds like they cut it off. Makes you wonder if they already know what they're going to say to congress and don't need any more comments from us.

 

[kristin]

OK, Elaine spent some time on the phone with them and found out that when the original deadline passed yesterday, they created a whole new docket number rather than keep the old one up (that's government efficiency for you, lol!)

Here is the NEW link for comments: Regulations.gov

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Just got off the phone myself, I still wonder if they were trying to hide it.

 

[Caridwen]

OK, Elaine spent some time on the phone with them and found out that when the original deadline passed yesterday, they created a whole new docket number rather than keep the old one up (that's government efficiency for you, lol!)

Here is the NEW link for comments: Regulations.gov

Thank you Kristin.

 

[Blackbird23237]

Thanks, I got mine submitted!

 

[oxygen thief]

Crap, didn't get the tracking number. grrrr