Former title: National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau: electronic cigarettes shall not be sold through the Internet
Sihai Internet news and prohibition of online sales of electronic cigarettes 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 that electronic cigarettes shall not be sold through the Internet. The circular requires all market entities not to sell e-cigarettes to minors, not to sell e-cigarettes through the Internet, not to publish e-cigarette advertisements through the Internet, and urges e-cigarette production and sales enterprises or individuals to timely close the e-cigarette Internet sales website or customer end, e-commerce platform to timely close e-cigarette shops and remove e-cigarette products from the shelves Production and sales enterprises or individuals withdraw e-cigarette advertisements published through the Internet. Next, the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and other departments will strengthen monitoring, dissuading and stopping the promotion and sale of e-cigarettes through the Internet, and investigate and deal with all kinds of illegal acts found according to law.