vape illegal sales status
In order to solve the problem of the proliferation of vape use by minors, the state has blocked vape online sales channels from the policy level. After the release, vape products were removed from the online sales platform. It can be said that vape, e-liquid, cigarette bombs and other vape related products disappeared on the online sales platform, and major brands have quickly shifted their business focus. Offline physical stores.
Later in 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China announced the "Decision on Amending the Implementation Regulations of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" (Draft for Solicitation of Comments), indicating that new vape products such as vape will soon be controlled in accordance with traditional tobacco. Legally, the possibility of selling vapes on online platforms is eliminated. It is also possible that in the future, even offline physical stores will need to obtain tobacco sales permits to sell vapes.
It can be seen that the country wants to play a role through policies and laws at the same time. The purpose is to prohibit sales through the Internet, prohibit advertising through the Internet, and prohibit sales to minors. However, the reporter’s investigation found that although vape is apparently banned on major online sales platforms, in fact, there are sellers who secretly sell vape products on online sales platforms. They sell vape-related products. Non-prohibited products are related products such as vape, e-liquid, etc., which are secretly sold.
During the unannounced visit, the reporter also discovered that these retailers who sell vapes online have no or no censorship on minors. Obviously, even under the strongest regulatory storm, vape industry regulations still have a long way to go. A greater storm and industry cleanup is imperative.
The reporter’s investigation results found that many merchants that secretly sell vape online are offline vape store merchants. On multiple e-commerce platforms, reporters directly searched for the keyword "vape", and there were no products. Show, some e-commerce platforms will also show vape-related policy requirements and hazards. But when reporters searched for vape protective sleeves or some vape brands, the results were different. Although the main image or title of the product searched was not clearly selling vape, it could still be found from the price and content page. It can be seen that these merchants are obviously selling vape products.
When the keywords searched by reporters included certain vape brands or vape leather cases, there were even advertisements for vape products. In the process of communicating with these disguised stores, most of these stores have vape sales. The difference is that some stores can directly complete transactions and deliver goods through the e-commerce platform; while some stores are more cautious and need to add customer service WeChat. You can buy it.
So are there any vape brands for these merchants selling vape on the online platform? According to the reporter’s investigation, the vape brand or manufacturer is not actually directly involved in vape sales on the online platform. It can also be found from the official websites of major vape brands that none of these official websites have vape sales. At the same time, after contacting the reporter with the brand, we learned that the brand does not have the vape channel to sell online, so vape products must be purchased through offline vape physical stores.
In fact, you can know that brands are unwilling to take huge risks to earn these retail revenues. Their business centers are on the construction of offline channels, and there is no extra energy to build and maintain the banned sales. It can be seen that these merchants selling on the online platform should be some vape retailers. From the news of some industries, we can also know that these merchants are young people who are flexible and flexible. The legal concept is weak and there is no family burden. They are more enthusiastic about this type of industry that can make quick money.
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