The vape is controversial for a reason
At present, the vape industry is booming. In addition to the huge number of smokers in my country, the lack of industry regulatory policies has also given relevant companies time and space to seize the market. Everyone is controversial about the safety of vape, especially the 3.15 party that vape will release harmful substances, and long-term smoking will also produce dependence on nicotine, which further expands the vape controversy.
Although the national standard for vape has not yet been issued, relevant regulations have been implemented in the vape industry. The relevant circular issued in August 2018 clearly stipulates that minors' vape use poses major health and safety risks, and market entities are not allowed to sell vape to minors. In addition, in January 2019, the newly revised "Regulations on Smoking Control in Public Places in Hangzhou" clearly stipulated that not only smoking tobacco products and smoking traditional cigarettes, but also vape smoking is prohibited in places where smoking is prohibited; Shenzhen revised the regulations on tobacco control in February to include vape range of tobacco control.
In fact, the uncertainty of relevant domestic policies has greatly increased the risks faced by enterprises. my country's earliest vape brand "Ruyan" has developed rapidly since its birth in 2002, with sales of nearly 1 billion yuan in 2005-2006. But then it was pushed to the forefront due to safety and supervision issues, product sales fell sharply, and finally abandoned the domestic market and moved overseas.
According to the information disclosed by the National Standards Information Public Service Platform under the China National Standards Administration, the national standards for vape and e-liquid have now entered the review stage.
After the new national standards are promulgated, not only will there be strict regulations on production, research and development, sales, etc., but also new regulations on the content of important substances and the discharge of harmful substances. Fang Hui said that the implementation of the national standard will allow the vape industry to return to the products and services themselves, and only companies that master core technologies and can meet user needs can go further.
In addition, due to the small and scattered vape market, the quality of products varies, which also brings attention to product quality and safety. Shanxi fire officials recently released two live videos of foreign vape catching fire and exploding in their pants pockets to remind vape users to pay attention to the danger. In addition, in 2017, a red Volkswagen sedan suddenly caught fire in Wenzhou. The driver said that the fuse of the vehicle's fire was a vape that was charged in the passenger seat; in 2014, a vape user in Xi'an purchased a set of vape from Taobao.com. It exploded during use, injuring the left hand.
Although the vape is beautifully packaged, it does not have any text labels such as "smoking is harmful to health" and ingredient lists. In addition, in the marketing that focuses on early adopters, many adults or minors will be involved and become smokers.
In addition, many consumers contact vape with a smoking cessation mentality, which provides great business opportunities for enterprises, but whether it can form a long-term attraction to consumers remains to be seen. For consumers, smoking is harmful to health, but it can also give people spiritual satisfaction. Vape is just another form of cigarettes, so it is difficult to meet the needs of consumers to quit smoking, but to satisfy a hobby.
Vape is a very good product, so it can be loved by the public. At the same time, it is not perfect. It has its shortcomings. If you want to use vape, you should first have a certain understanding of vape, so as to reduce the controversy about vape.