People’s Daily Online, Beijing, April 14 (Reporter Li Dong) Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration of relevant officials specifically for the “e-cigarette management Measures” and “e-cigarette” national standards and other relevant questions.

From May 1, the regulation will ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes other than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes and those with self-added aerosol. On April 8, the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration) issued a national standard for e-cigarettes. The personage inside course of study expresses, have standard to be able to depend on, have data to be able to manage will usher in for the industry standardization development to provide broad space.

According to an official from the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the Measures cover the production, sales, transportation, import and export, supervision and administration of e-cigarettes, and mainly specify the subjects, subjects and measures to be supervised.

According to the law of the People’s Republic of China on tobacco monopoly “and its implementation regulations, since the on modifying the” implementing regulations of the People’s Republic of China on tobacco monopoly > decision “(hereinafter referred to as the” decision “) on November 10, 2021, as of the date of the promulgation of electronic cigarette production and business operation activities shall obtain access permission, products shall meet the national standard, Import and export of electronic cigarettes shall comply with relevant regulations and other requirements.

Related personnel said, considering the “electronic smoke management method“, “electronic cigarettes” national standard and the supporting policy, the implementation of a process, to guarantee the legitimate rights and related electronic cigarette production operators, better to carry out the relevant regulatory requirements, protecting the health of the people and protecting the legal rights and interests of consumers, the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council on the “decision”, after the promulgation of Set up the transition period, and make clear the relevant requirements of the transition period. In view of the fact that the Measures for the Management of E-cigarettes will come into force on May 1, 2022 and the National standard for E-cigarettes will come into force on October 1, 2022, it is decided that the transition period will end on September 30, 2022.

“During the transition period, enterprises will follow the guidance of the regulatory authorities to carry out production and business activities, and strengthen the publicity and implementation of regulations and standards training.” Guo Guangdong, head of compliance and public communication at aierbaita Technology, said that the promulgations of the e-cigarette Management Measures and the mandatory national standards for e-cigarettes are standard events in the process of legalization and standardized development of the industry, and we believe that the industry will be further standardized in the future.

In the opinion of Chen Zhong, an e-cigarette industry expert, the transition period of e-cigarette supervision will end on September 30, which is more conducive to sufficient time for all parties in the industry to carry out technological upgrading and product transformation, and provide products in line with national standards to consumers, reflecting the effective supervision of the competent authorities over the industry.

“The e-cigarette national standard and the regulation of e-cigarettes complement each other. After Oct 1, there will be an open, transparent and compulsory standard for the production, manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes in China, which will be more reassuring for consumers when using the products and help promote the development of the e-cigarette industry.” Chen said.

In view of the tobacco monopoly license issue concerned by market entities, a person in charge of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration said that those who engage in the production and business activities of e-cigarettes, aerosols and nicotine for e-cigarettes should apply to the tobacco monopoly administration department for a tobacco monopoly production enterprise license according to law. An enterprise that has obtained the license for tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise shall, with the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration, change the scope of license before engaging in the wholesale business of electronic cigarette products; Whoever engages in the retail business of electronic cigarettes shall apply to the department of tobacco monopoly administration for a license for tobacco monopoly retail or change the scope of license according to law.

To put an end to illegal behavior aspects such as the sales of electronic cigarettes to minors, the head, said can call tobacco market supervision service hotline 12313 or through the department of tobacco monopoly administration government report on the website of the channels to provide clues to illegal behavior, the department of tobacco monopoly administration will verify processing, in accordance with the maintenance of consumers’ legal rights and interests.

“In the next step, the department of tobacco Monopoly administration of The State Council will soon publish policy documents related to e-cigarette license management, technical review, product traceability and other relevant policies and implementation rules, including quality supervision and spot check, identification and testing, product packaging, etc. Coordinate with relevant departments to study and formulate policies on warning signs, inspection and testing institutions, taxation, delivery, entry and carry, and establish and improve supporting policy systems.” The person in charge said.