Vape classification and supervision can only guarantee after-sales
Vape is a new type of product, which has both the attributes of electronic products and raw materials belonging to the medical and tobacco categories, so it seems inappropriate to classify vape into any sector. Officially, because vape has not been classified into any department's supervision, the after-sales service of vape has not been guaranteed in these years.
After 2021, vape, a product without a sense of belonging, will be officially classified as a tobacco product. In the 2021 tobacco revision opinion, it will be added to the appendix that "vape and other new tobacco products shall be implemented with reference to the relevant regulations on cigarettes in these regulations." , the release of the revised draft also officially indicates that vape will be strictly controlled in the future.
After vape is included in tobacco control, it will greatly improve the efficiency of vape supervision, effectively regulate vape production and operation activities, solve the problems of vape product quality and safety risks, false advertising and other problems, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
According to the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", the regulations on product quality are mainly in the sales link, including "It is strictly forbidden to sell moldy and deteriorated tobacco products." Tobacco quality testing stations designated by the administrative departments and the product quality supervision and management departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government."
Although the draft for comments has been officially released, which also indicates that vape is about to be controlled by tobacco, the reporter called Chengdu Tobacco's 12313 market supervision and reporting line. The staff told the reporter that at present, whether vape should be managed according to tobacco depends on whether the ingredients of vape contain Tobacco products such as tobacco leaves and shredded tobacco. But many times the cartridges contain nicotine, but there is no tobacco monopoly ingredient, so before the regulation is officially implemented, the control of vape is still in a vague area.
The Vape Industry Committee of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce has participated in the formulation of two group standards, "General Specification for Vape Products" and "E-liquid Specification". The relevant person in charge of the committee told reporters that the "Draft for Comments" proposed to refer to the vape and other new tobacco products with reference to this document. The implementation of the relevant regulations on cigarettes in the regulations means that the supervision of vape will belong to the management category of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau in the future. treatment plan.”
At present, the after-sales problems of vape are still unclear. Even if the policy is officially implemented, there may be some problems. After all, there is basically no after-sales service in the tobacco industry. You can return it if you are good. As long as the merchant sells genuine products, it is impossible for you to obtain after-sales service for compensation and return.
In any case, after vape is officially included in tobacco control in the future, if you encounter after-sales problems, you can ask the Tobacco Bureau to solve the problem. Even if they may have inexperienced in the after-sales of the product, but more people report it, it will naturally be improved.