Ok I followed the link and translated this on google of course. So this is the update I guess that pertains to Nov 1st just in case anyone wants to read it without copy paste etc and since I started this I figured I would also add this information
In order to further protect minors from e-cigarettes and strengthen the supervision of e-cigarette market, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration of Markets have jointly issued the Notice on Further Protecting Minors from E-cigarettes. The General Administration of Market Supervision of the Tobacco Monopoly Administration Notice No. 1 of 2019) requires all market entities not to sell electronic cigarettes to minors; urge electronic cigarette production and sales enterprises or individuals to close e-cigarette Internet sales websites or clients in a timely manner, The e-commerce platform timely shut down the e-cigarette shop and timely removed the e-cigarette products. The e-cigarette production and sales companies or individuals withdrew the e-cigarette advertisements released through the Internet.
First, the background and purpose of the announcement
In August last year, the State Administration of Market Supervision and the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau jointly issued the Notice on Prohibiting the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes to Minors (State Administration of Market Supervision, National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau Notice No. 26 of 2018). Since the announcement, the awareness of the community to protect minors from e-cigarettes has generally increased, and the promotion and sale of e-cigarettes to minors has improved. However, we are also concerned that most of the minors know, buy and start smoking electronic cigarettes through the Internet.
As a supplement to traditional tobacco products such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes have their own health and safety risks, especially for minors. According to the latest data, 37 people in the United States have died from e-cigarette-related diseases, and more than 1,800 people have suffered from lung damage due to the use of e-cigarette products. At present, the domestic e-cigarette market is chaotic, product quality is uneven, and a large number of products have serious quality and safety hazards such as the addition of unsafe ingredients, leakage of smoke oil, and inferior batteries. In particular, in order to improve the attractiveness of products, some e-cigarette companies add various additives to change the taste of e-cigarettes and the color of smoke oil, which is a serious hazard to consumers, especially minors.
According to the survey, many e-cigarette companies use young people as the focus of Internet marketing, misleading consumers with advertisements that violate objective facts such as “helping to quit smoking” and “healthy and harmless”, and labeling e-cigarettes as “young” and “fashion”. The representative of the inducement of minors. Many parents of students report that their children are attracted by online e-cigarette promotion, and can easily purchase e-cigarettes through e-commerce platforms, requiring regulators to take further strict measures to prevent minors from being exposed to e-cigarettes, and strongly appeal to all sectors of society to target minors. The sale of electronic cigarettes will be stopped.
Therefore, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration of Market Supervision repeatedly studied and demonstrated, and decided to jointly issue a circular to implement the spirit and requirements of the relevant laws and regulations such as the Law on the Protection of Minors, the Advertising Law, and further protect minors. People are protected from electronic cigarettes; at the same time, it indicates that the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration of Market Supervision have effectively fulfilled their supervisory duties, adopted more stringent regulatory measures, and severely cracked down on the basic attitudes of illegal and illegal sales and control of electronic cigarettes in accordance with the law, and effectively safeguarded consumers' health. .
Second, the main content of the notice
Reiterating the main contents of the "Notice on Prohibiting the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes to Minors" jointly issued by the State Administration of Markets Supervision and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration last year, suggesting the safety risks and health hazards of electronic cigarettes, requiring all market entities not to Minors sell e-cigarettes; require any organization or individual to discourage and stop the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
To further increase the protection of minors' physical and mental health, prevent minors from purchasing and smoking e-cigars through the Internet, and urge e-cigarette production and sales companies or individuals to close e-cigarette Internet sales websites or clients in a timely manner; urge e-commerce platform Close the e-cigarette store in time and remove the e-cigarette products in time; urge e-cigarette production and sales companies or individuals to withdraw e-cigarette advertisements posted via the Internet.
It is required that the tobacco monopoly administrative departments and market supervision and management departments at all levels should strengthen the publicity and implementation of this notice to protect minors from e-cigarettes. In particular, the competent departments of tobacco monopoly at all levels should increase market supervision of e-cigarette products, strengthen the monitoring, dissuasion and suppression of the promotion and sale of e-cigarettes through the Internet, and investigate or notify relevant violations of various types of illegal activities. department.
Third, the main work in the next step
In the future, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration of Market Supervision will focus on the following aspects:
First, actively carry out the propaganda of this notice, further strengthen the awareness of all sectors of society to protect minors from e-cigarettes; second, strengthen coordination with relevant departments to jointly carry out the implementation of this notice; Investigate and deal with illegal and illegal sales of electronic cigarettes, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of minors and consumers.
Related links: Notice on further protection of minors from e-cigarettes
