Announcement on Further Protecting Minors from vape
November 1st news Today the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration released the "Notice on Further Protecting Minors from vape" on the official website, urging vape (including e-liquid) production and sales enterprises or individuals to close in a timely manner vape Internet sales website or client; E-commerce platforms are urged to close vape (including e-liquid) stores in a timely manner.
The circular stated that in order to strengthen the protection of minors' physical and mental health, various market entities must not sell vapes to minors. Any organization or individual should discourage and stop the sale of vape to minors.
In addition, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration also stated that in order to further strengthen the protection of minors' physical and mental health and prevent minors from buying and consuming vape via the Internet, since the date of this circular, vape is urged to produce, Sales companies or individuals close vape Internet sales websites or clients in a timely manner; urge e-commerce platforms to close vape stores in a timely manner and remove vape products in a timely manner; urge vape (including e-liquid) production and sales Businesses or individuals withdraw vape (including e-liquid) ads posted over the Internet.
On October 30, 2019, the State Administration of Market Supervision and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration jointly issued the "Notice on Further Protecting Minors from Vape" (hereinafter referred to as the Notice). Once again, it is emphasized that various market players in China must not sell vapes to minors.
The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration pointed out that many vape companies use young people as the focus of Internet marketing, labeling vape as a representative of "young", "fashion" and "trend", using "help to quit smoking" and "healthless "Propaganda that violates objective facts misleads consumers, causing minors to mostly know, buy, and start taking vapes over the Internet. In fact, most vapes are very arbitrary in terms of raw material selection, additive use, process design, quality control, etc. There are serious quality and safety risks such as adding unsafe ingredients, leaking e-liquid, and inferior batteries. In particular, some vape companies, in order to increase the attractiveness of their products, are free to add various additives to change the vape taste and e-liquid color. The market is chaotic and the product quality is uneven.
The circular urges vape production and sales enterprises or individuals to close the vape Internet sales website or client in a timely manner. The e-commerce platform closes the vape store and removes the vape products in time. ) Production or sales companies or individuals withdraw vape (including e-liquid) advertisements posted through the Internet.
The circular requires the tobacco monopoly administrative departments and market supervision departments at all levels to increase the market supervision of vape products, strengthen the monitoring, dissuade and stop of the promotion and sales of vape through the Internet, and to detect various illegal acts. Investigate according to law; require any organization and individual to discourage and stop the sale of vape to minors.
In August last year, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration jointly issued the “Notice on Prohibiting the Sale of vape to Minors” (the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration Circular No. 26 of 2018). Since the announcement, the awareness of all sectors of society to protect minors from vape has generally increased, and the promotion and sale of vape to minors has improved. But we are also concerned that most minors know, buy and start taking vapes via the Internet.
As a supplement to traditional tobacco products such as cigarettes, vape has its own large health and safety risks, especially the damage to minors. According to the latest data, 37 people have died from vape-related diseases in the United States, and more than 1,800 people have suffered lung damage due to the use of vape products. At present, the domestic vape market is chaotic and the product quality is uneven. A large number of products have serious quality and safety risks such as unsafe ingredient addition, e-liquid leakage, and inferior batteries. In particular, some vape companies, in order to increase the attractiveness of their products, randomly add various additives to change the vape taste and e-liquid color, which seriously harms the physical and mental health of consumers, especially minors.
According to the survey, many vape companies use young people as the focus of Internet marketing, mislead consumers with propaganda contrary to objective facts such as "helping to quit smoking", "healthless", and labeling vape as "young" and "fashion" "Trend" stands to induce minors. Many parents of students reported that their children were attracted by online vape propaganda, and they could easily purchase vape through the e-commerce platform. They asked the regulatory authorities to take further strict measures to prevent minors from being attacked by vape. The sale of vape by minors has been stopped.
Therefore, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration of Market Supervision have repeatedly studied and demonstrated and decided to jointly issue a circular again, aiming to implement the spirit and requirements of the relevant laws and regulations such as the "Minor Protection Law" and the "Advertising Law" to further protect minors. Protect people from vape; meanwhile, it shows the basic attitude of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Market Supervision and Administration Bureau to effectively perform their regulatory responsibilities, adopt more stringent regulatory measures, and severely crack down on illegal sales of vape and e-liquid To effectively protect consumer health.
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