Ban vape from being sold online for three days still on sale?

As of now, the vape ban on online sales has not been effective. On the evening of November 1, the two departments jointly issued the "Notice on Further Protecting Minors from vape", which is the vape ban on online sales. However, this announcement, which was called by the media as China's first vape regulatory document, was not effective on the third day of publication.

Jingdong, Taobao, Freefish, Tmall and other platforms are still selling vape. Pinduoduo has blocked the search results of the keywords "vape" and "e-liquid", and then unblocked.

The above documents stated that vape production and sales companies or individuals are urged to close vape internet sales websites or clients in a timely manner; e-commerce platforms are urged to close vape stores in time and remove vape products in a timely manner; urge vape Cigarette manufacturing or sales companies or individuals withdraw vape advertisements posted through the Internet.

What is the current performance after the document is published? Nandu combed and found that some e-commerce platforms have delisted related products, and some e-commerce platforms are still selling vape. There are also platforms that unblock search keywords that were once blocked.

For example, on the evening of the 1st, Pinduoduo has blocked search results for keywords such as "vape" and "e-liquid"-vape products cannot be found using these keywords.

But when the reporter searched again at around 20:00 on the 3rd, all the above keywords can be searched for related products such as vape and e-liquid. At the same time, major e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Taobao, Freefish, Tmall, and Jumei Youpin have not removed vape and e-liquid products in recent days, and consumers have no problem in purchasing.

However, there are also platforms that have taken action to really delist vape and e-liquid. For example, on the evening of the 1st, vape and e-liquid still sell No. 1 stores and Gome, and related products have been removed on the 3rd.

On the evening of the 1st, Pinduoduo blocked the search result of "vape". On the 3rd (pictured right), the blocking was lifted. "The person in charge is docking this thing." , Flow and other brands quickly issued an announcement, saying that they support the vape decision to ban the sale of the Internet. For example, Yue Ke claimed that it would take full action to end all sales and advertisements of Yue Ke online.

However, from the situation of several major e-commerce platforms, the "action" of relevant brands has not yet been implemented. On the evening of November 3, the customer service of "an vape brand JD.com's self-operated flagship store" told Nandu, "there is no notice of closing the store for the time being." "Another vape franchise store" customer service said, "Just received this information, the person in charge is docking this matter."

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