On November 1, according to the official website of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, in order to further protect minors from electronic cigarettes and strengthen the supervision of the electronic cigarette market, recently, the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the State Administration of market supervision and Administration jointly issued the notice on further protecting minors from electronic cigarettes, requiring all kinds of market entities not to sell electronic cigarettes to minors Tobacco: urge the e-cigarette production and sales enterprises or individuals to timely close the e-cigarette Internet sales website or client, the e-commerce platform to timely close the e-cigarette stores and timely remove the e-cigarette products from the shelves, and the e-cigarette production and sales enterprises or individuals withdraw the e-cigarette advertisements released through the Internet.
The two departments also require the departments of tobacco monopoly administration and market supervision and administration at all levels to effectively strengthen the publicity and implementation of this circular, and protect minors from the infringement of electronic cigarettes. In particular, it is required that the departments of tobacco monopoly administration at all levels should strengthen the market supervision of electronic cigarette products, strengthen the monitoring, dissuasion and suppression of the promotion and sale of electronic cigarette through the Internet, and investigate and punish or notify the relevant departments of all kinds of illegal acts found according to law.
According to the announcement, in the future, the state tobacco monopoly administration and the State Administration of market supervision will focus on the following aspects:
First, we should actively carry out the publicity of this circular, further strengthen the awareness of all sectors of society to protect minors from the infringement of electronic cigarettes; second, we should strengthen the coordination with relevant departments, and jointly carry out the implementation of this circular; third, we should continue to investigate and deal with illegal production and sale of electronic cigarettes, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of minors and consumers.