The sale of flavored e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavors is banned, the sale of e-cigarettes without nicotine is banned, and the national unified e-cigarette transaction management platform will be launched on June 15… E-cigarettes with “strongest supervision” will gradually be on the right track . Recently, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration formulated and issued the “Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarettes”, proposing that “electronic cigarette products should meet the mandatory national standards for electronic cigarettes”. To this end, the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standard Committee) has issued a mandatory national standard for “electronic cigarettes“, which will be officially implemented on October 1 this year.

Fruity electronic cigarettes will be a thing of the past

According to the relevant person in charge of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the standard clarifies the terms and definitions of e-cigarettes and atomizers, puts forward principle requirements for the design of e-cigarettes and the selection of raw materials, and stipulates the signs and instructions of e-cigarette products.

In the past, electronic cigarettes have attracted many young people to try because of their diverse flavors and low difficulty in smoking and purchasing. The “Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarettes” clearly prohibits the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes other than tobacco flavors and electronic cigarettes that can add atomizers by themselves. “Based on the regulatory requirements of the “Administrative Measures for Electronic Cigarettes”, the national standard for “Electronic Cigarettes” proposes scientifically applicable technical content.” The person in charge introduced that first, electronic cigarettes are “used to generate aerosols for human smoking, etc.” Electronic delivery systems”, which includes nicotine-free e-cigarettes in the definition of e-cigarettes. Second, since flavored e-cigarettes such as fruit, food, and beverages and nicotine-free e-cigarettes are highly attractive to minors and are easy to induce minors to smoke, the standard clearly stipulates that the characteristic flavor of products should not be made to appear other than tobacco. Other flavors, and it is clearly required that “aerosols should contain nicotine”, that is, e-cigarette products without nicotine shall not enter the market for sale. Third, the standard is based on the principle of use of additives. After sufficient safety risk assessment and demonstration, experimental verification and extensive consultation, the standard clearly lists 101 kinds of additives that are allowed to be used, and is included in the “white list” of additives.

Set up a 5-month transition period for businesses

After the official implementation of the national standard “Electronic Cigarette“, the electronic cigarette products sold on the market must meet the national standard.

“Considering that after the release of the national standard of “E-Cigarette”, e-cigarette manufacturers need to design products in compliance with the requirements of the standard, complete product transformation, and apply to relevant departments for product testing and technical review, all of which require certain Therefore, a 5-month implementation transition period has been set.” The aforementioned person in charge said, “During the implementation transition period, e-cigarette manufacturers should carry out standard publicity and implementation training, in-depth understanding of standard technical content, and achieve product compliance as soon as possible. .”

In addition, e-cigarettes will also have a national unified transaction management platform. After the transaction management platform is launched, e-cigarette-related production enterprises, wholesale enterprises and retail market entities that have obtained tobacco monopoly licenses, and e-cigarette products that have passed technical review should all be traded on the platform. From June 15 this year, e-cigarette-related production enterprises, wholesale enterprises and retail market entities that have obtained tobacco monopoly-related licenses will gradually conduct transactions on the platform.

Strictly investigate violations involving electronic cigarettes

After the standard is promulgated, how to implement strong supervision?

The reporter learned that the administrative department of tobacco monopoly will urge all types of e-cigarette market players to carry out production and business operations in accordance with laws and regulations, and investigate and deal with violations of relevant policy requirements during the transition period.

Specifically, special governance will be strengthened, focusing on cleaning up e-cigarette sales outlets and e-cigarette vending machines around primary and secondary schools, deleting information on online sales of e-cigarettes, investigating and punishing illegal cases such as selling e-cigarettes to minors, and detecting the addition of synthetic cannabinoids and other typical cases of new drug-related crimes such as “top e-cigarettes“, effectively safeguarding and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of minors and consumers.

Anyone who discovers relevant illegal acts such as selling electronic cigarettes to minors, producing and selling fake and inferior electronic cigarette products, and selling electronic cigarettes through information networks can call the 12313 tobacco market supervision service hotline or provide clues about illegal acts through reporting channels announced in various places.