Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureaus, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Corporation, Shanghai New Tobacco Products Research Institute Co., Ltd.:

Recently, under the deployment of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, local Tobacco Monopoly Bureaus have investigated and dealt with a batch of illegally produced and sold “flavored electronic cigarettes” that did not meet the mandatory national standards of “Electronic Cigarettes” (GB 41700-2022) and failed the technical review.〔 That is, the “Administrative Measures for Electronic Cigarettes” (State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Announcement No. 1, 2022) clearly stipulates that the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes other than tobacco flavors is prohibited] cases, and severely crack down on illegal production and sales of “milk tea cups” and “coke cans” and other invisible products. Varying the behavior of e-cigarettes has effectively protected the health and safety of the people, especially the physical and mental health of young people, and has achieved phased results.

However, the production and operation of e-cigarettes without a tobacco monopoly license occurs from time to time. A small number of market players who have obtained a tobacco monopoly license in accordance with the law evade supervision, and even violate laws and regulations. Some e-cigarette manufacturers conduct transactions outside the trading management platform. Enterprises still illegally produce “flavored e-cigarettes“, and individual retail market players use the Internet and micro-businesses to illegally sell e-cigarettes.

In order to further consolidate the results of supervision and law enforcement, standardize the order of the e-cigarette market, safeguard the rights and interests of legal market players and consumers, and continue to promote the rule of law and standardization of the e-cigarette industry, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has decided to organize a special inspection to regulate the order of the e-cigarette market. The relevant