1. Qinghai police smashed a criminal gang selling non-national standard e-cigarettes, involving a total amount of 150 million yuan

A few days ago, the “2.01″ extraordinarily large illegal business case task force, composed of a detachment of the Qinghai Xining Public Security Bureau, the Economic Investigation, Criminal Investigation, Legal System, and a certain brigade of the Chengbei Public Security Bureau, cracked a series of illegal sales of e-cigarettes.

In this case, 10 suspects were arrested, 2 bank accounts involved in the case were frozen, more than 13 million yuan of funds involved in the case were frozen, 8 warehouses were destroyed, and more than 372,000 non-national standard e-cigarette cartridges and smoking equipment were seized, involving a total amount of 150 million yuan.

2. Chongqing Jiangjin successfully uncovered the first large-scale illegal production and sales of e-cigarettes in Southwest China

Recently, the Jiangjin District Public Security Bureau of Chongqing City and the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau successfully cracked a case of illegal production and sales of new electronic cigarettes. There were 75 people involved in the case. More than 7,000 electronic cigarette sticks and more than 20,000 finished cartridges were seized on the spot. There are more than 30 sets of equipment, and the amount involved in the case is initially found to be more than 30 million yuan.

It is reported that this is the first typical case in Southwest China to completely destroy the criminal network of illegal production of e-cigarettes integrated with production, supply and marketing. On March 23, the criminal suspect Zhu and others were arrested by Jiangjin police in accordance with the law.

3. An electronic cigarette case worth more than 5 million yuan was seized in Zhejiang, and it was the first time to enforce the law on filter sticks

On March 27, the reporter learned from the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Zhejiang Province that the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Yongkang City, Jinhua, the province recently joined forces with local public security forces, and with the cooperation of the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau and the Tobacco Department, jointly closed the network for the “2.10″ case filed earlier. Action, successfully uncovered an illegal e-cigarette business network case, involving more than 5 million yuan.

It is worth noting that in addition to 4,572 illegally produced pods, 685 disposable e-cigarettes, and 720 bottles of e-liquid, the items seized in this operation also included 780 electronic cigarettes (filter sticks). This is also the first known law enforcement of filter rods by regulatory authorities.

4. Malaysia removes nicotine from controlled substances

Recently, the Malaysian Poisons Council held a meeting to discuss the removal of nicotine from the control list of the Poisons Act. The Malaysian Retail Vaping Association (MRECA) said the exclusion of liquid nicotine from the Toxic Substances Act would allow the government to introduce more appropriate regulatory frameworks such as those in the UK, New Zealand and Canada.

5. American university professors suggest that countries promote e-cigarettes as a harm reduction tool

Recently, the latest research by the dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and his team concluded that there is sufficient evidence to support e-cigarettes as the primary aid for adults to quit smoking, and suggested that the governments of the United States, Australia and Canada, as well as professional medical teams, should Consider more about the potential of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation and reduce misperceptions about them.

Cynthia Chen

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