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The reporter recently found that a large number of such “three-no” electronic cigarette products have appeared in the online and offline electronic cigarette market: there is no detailed Chinese description on the outer packaging, no manufacturer and other information, and no production license. These “three-no” e-cigarettes are called “disposable aerosol”, “milk tea cup”, “cola can”, “planet cup” and so on in the promotional terms of the outer packaging and sellers. Various flavors are the main selling points of this type of product.
In fact, the “Babaylan Mandatory National Standards for Electronic Cigarettes” and the “E-cigarette Management Measures” expressly prohibit seasoning e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavors. At the same time, selling e-cigarettes to minors is also prohibited. However, this type of “three-no” e-cigarette has not only attracted a large number of young people with unique shapes and varied flavors, but also gradually attracted many minors to “enter the circle”.
The experts interviewed believe that the flood of “three-no” e-cigarettes will cause many harms, disrupt the order of the tobacco market and endanger human health, and its harm to minors is even more worthy of vigilance. Under multiple bans, the “three-no” e-cigarettes are still growing wildly, which is attributed to multiple factors such as the concealment of transaction methods and ineffective supervision. Corresponding measures are urgently needed to be taken to regulate them.
Sanwu electronic cigarettes are sought after by various flavors attract young people
“Some time ago, I originally wanted to buy ordinary cigarettes, but after entering the store, the boss enthusiastically recommended a disposable electronic cigarette to me, saying it was called ‘Coke Can’. It has many flavors and has a sweet taste. Young people love to smoke.” Mr. Yuan, a resident of Chaoyang District, Beijing, talked to reporters about his first experience in buying electronic cigarettes.
Mr. Yuan went to the tobacco hotel in Chaoyang District. According to the store owner, disposable electronic cigarettes can be smoked about 6,000 pcs, and they can be smoked just by charging. One pc can be smoked for a month. It is cost-effective and has various fruit flavors. It is easier to smoke than ordinary cigarettes and ordinary electronic cigarettes on the market. Out of curiosity, Mr. Yuan spent 99 yuan to buy a lemon-flavored “Cola can”.
Mr. Yuan only discovered after returning home that this e-cigarette may be a “three-no” product. “The outer packaging is particularly simple, with manufacturers and production standardsNone of them, only traditional Chinese is included in the attached instruction manual. ”
After smoking for a while, Mr. Yuan found that although this fruit-flavored e-cigarette does not have the tar smell of ordinary cigarettes, it tastes sweet when smoking, but if you smoke too much, you will feel your throat hurts. “Later, I didn’t dare to smoke this type of e-cigarette again.
Recently, the reporter came to the above-mentioned tobacco hotel for on-site interview. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a large number of colorful small bottles placed in front of the cashier at the door. After seeing the reporter observing these small bottles, the shop owner immediately took out one and handed it over and said, “Disposable e-cigarettes, fruity and soda, not irritating, many young people bought them. ”
The disposable electronic cigarette mentioned by the owner is priced from 89 yuan to 99 yuan. One of them is called “Rabbit Milk Tea Cup”. It looks like a mini water cup with straw. The packaging also has a cartoon rabbit pattern printed on it. It is divided into multiple colors. Different colors correspond to different flavors, including kiwi fruit and black currant. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema, Qishuang Coke, etc. In addition, there are many replacement core atomizers for certain electronic cigarettes next to them, and there are also many flavors, such as Peach Duoduo, Yuanqi Strawberry, Bingpo Mint, etc.
The reporter bought one of the green flavored “Rutu Milk Tea Cups” for 99 yuan. Although there is a brand name on the outer packaging of this product, there is no information such as production batch number, manufacturer, and instructions. Only simple information shows that the e-liquid capacity of the product is 15 ml and the nicotine content is per mlBabaylan30 mg.
When the reporter asked the store owner about the specific use method, the reply was “You can directly charge with your own data cable, you can smoke it by charging, and you can smoke about 6,000 pills.” When introducing the product, the store owner even said many times that this kind of fruity e-cigarette “is bought by young people, and bought several flavors at a time and replaced it with students.”
It is understood that “three-no” e-cigarettes such as “Cola Can” have appeared quietly in the market recently and have quickly become popular among young people.
Ms. Duan, in Nanjing, Jiangsu, often saw that young people carried exquisitely shaped e-cigarettes with them. She felt that it was cool to take them out and take a sip, so she specially asked a friend to buy a fruit-flavored e-cigarette called “Milk Tea Cup”.
“I simply think it looks good, it’s fun to smoke, and thinking that the fruit-flavored e-cigarette should not be harmful. This is different from the ordinary electronic cigarettes bought in the counter. It tastes really good when you smoke.It smells good, but you can’t smoke too much a day. If you take a dozen mouthfuls, you feel like your throat is being held back. “Ms. Duan said that the audience of this kind of e-cigarette is mainly young people, and many “post-00s” around her are smoking.
Recently, a review blogger with 20 million fans posted a Komiks introduces the video of the harm of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, but in the comments, many netizens left messages saying “I want to buy”, “Is there any sold?” “Who young people smoke cigarettes?” This shows the popularity of this fruit-flavored e-cigarette.
Related news reports show that many stores around primary and secondary schools sell fruit-flavored e-cigarettes to students. Some netizens commented, “I am only in the sixth grade, and someone in the class smokes. The teacher is busy hiring home recently. “I’m in the second year of junior high school, and there are indeed many people smoking around me.”
Under the ban, the hidden sales platform sets up exclusive super talk
The reporter recently found that there are a large number of “three-no” e-cigarette sales in offline physical stores, online e-commerce platforms, and social software.
In some e-commerce platforms, when searching for the keyword “e-cigarette”, the “Green Net Plan” page will pop up directly, showing that according to relevant laws and regulations, any citizen, legal person or other organization will not Cinema must sell tobacco monopoly products through the information network and must not publish information on promoting and selling electronic cigarettes. The platform further stipulates that the release of electronic cigarettes and related products is prohibited, such as electronic cigarette sets, atomizers, e-liquids, cigarette cartridges, oil filling tools or services, heating cigarettes and cigarettes, etc.
Therefore, searching keywords such as “fruit flavored electronic cigarettes” and “e-liquid” on relevant platforms shows no search results Babaylan.
However, “three-no” electronic cigarettesBabaylan did not completely disappear on e-commerce platforms, but continued to exist in another more hidden form. After the reporter searched with keywords such as “atomized oil”, “atomizer”, and “Internet celebrity milk tea bottle”, it immediately popped up similar products of “three-no” electronic cigarettes on the market, and even peripheral products such as electronic cigarette fruit-flavored beads and fruit-flavored filters.
The products searched by hidden keywords are mostly fruit-flavored supplement liquids for electronic cigarettes, and the introduction in the product details page is even more vague. For example, a certain product name is “Fruit Flavored Atomized Oil Herbal Aromatherapy Atomized Special Replenishment Oil Electronic High Concentration Steam Essential Oil”, with monthly sales reaching more than 400, a supplementary liquid is 30 ml, 55 yuan, and you can get oil injected before placing an order. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks deviceGift.
Sellers of such products are particularly cautious. When the reporter mentioned words such as “smoke”, “milk tea cup” in the chat box, the customer service immediately asked “please withdraw the message” and then said that they were selling “aromatherapy”. In addition, other stores also call supplement liquids “perfume” and “edible oil”.
In addition to the situation of selling goods on e-commerce platforms, many “three-no” e-cigarette sales places have been transferred to more hidden social platforms. On a social platform, there is even a “milk tea cup” exclusive super topic. The topics are all purchase, sales, and transaction information. Most sellers say, “If you want to add a private chat account and chat privately, you can send and express delivery in the same city.”
The reporter added the chat accounts of several of the sellers and found out that they sold both complete e-cigarettes and supplement liquids, “Cola cans”, “milk tea cups”, “Cute Tiger Cups”, etc. There are all kinds of Internet celebrity products, and some even claimed that “the manufacturer ships directly”, and the price ranges from 55 yuan to 168 yuan.
In the online market, the price of this type of e-cigarette is huge. The same “Cute Tiger Cup” is 168 yuan in the hands of one seller, while the price is only 58 yuan in the hands of another seller. Surprisingly, from the information on one of the sellers’ circle of friends, she is also a sophomore high school student and is a minor herself. During the chat, she told reporters: “It’s so cool for all her peers to smoke.”
However, in the opinion of the experts interviewed, these “three-no” e-cigarettes are present in large quantities, and even extending their tentacles to minors, which not only disrupts the tobacco market, but also causes many negative effects.
Zhu Jie, senior partner of Taihetai (Chongqing) Law Firm, believes that this type of “three-no” e-cigarette attracts teenagers to buy through unique packaging and unique tastes. Due to the lack of discernment, teenagers are often passively on the road of smoking. In the end, it will not only affect personal health, but also harm education and social order.
It is imperative to hide in the dark to crack down on it and strengthen supervision.
The “National Standard for Mandatory E-cigarettes” officially implemented by Babaylan from October 1, 2022 stipulates that electronic cigarette cartridges are prohibited from selling other flavors other than tobacco. The “Electronic Cigarette Management Measures” also clearly stipulates that no individual, legal person or other organization shall pass the e-cigarette transaction management platform stipulated in these Measures to Cinema sells electronic cigarette products; selling electronic cigarettes to minors is prohibited.
However, under multiple bans, why can “three-no” e-cigarettes still be easily purchased? Cinema
Zhu Jie said that with the introduction of the national standard for e-cigarettes, national standard e-cigarettes can only sell tobacco flavors, while “three-no” e-cigarettes have various fruit flavors and are more easily accepted by consumers. In May 2022, the “2021 China Middle School Students and College Students’ Tobacco Epidemic Monitoring Results” released by the Tobacco Epidemic of China’s Middle School and College Students” showed that the proportion of middle school students who used e-cigarettes in 2021 was 16%, of which 63.8% were used for fruit flavors. Among the preferences of Chinese e-cigarette consumers in 2021, 60.9% of consumers prefer other flavors such as fruits, foods, etc.
Wu Di, a lecturer at the School of Liberal Arts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, believes that this type of e-cigarette is highly attractive to young consumers, especially minors. Its appearance design is very cute, the packaging is like snacks or toys, and it has a variety of novel flavors, which is very attractive to children. Teenagers are in the stage of rapid exploration and learning about things around them, and are highly curious about emerging things. Compared with traditional tobacco, e-cigarettes are more in line with the psychological characteristics of teenagers because of their novel appearance design and different taste styles.
“After the issuance of the “Electronic Cigarette Management Measures”, due to the explicit prohibition on the sale of seasoned e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavors and e-cigarettes that can add atomizers by themselves, some teenagers have chosen these ‘three-no’ products as new ‘toys’ and continue to choose their favorite flavors.” Wu Di said. Zhu Jie also mentioned that the cost of “three-no” e-cigarettes is much lower than that of national standard e-cigarettes in terms of research and development, taxation, labor, etc., so the price is low and the profit margin is large. Therefore, consumers are more willing to choose, and merchants are more profitable. At the same time, since this type of “three-no” e-cigarette is mostly operated in small workshops, with low investment in capital and technology and hidden in the dark, it is difficult for relevant departments to crack down on it.
Zhu Jie suggested that relevant departments strengthenSupervision starts from both production and sales, and takes a two-pronged approach. Relevant regulatory departments trace the root cause to find illegal manufacturers and crack down on them; public security departments and market supervision departments should conduct inspections in concentrated places such as bars and schools, and promptly discover and deal with the “three-no” electronic cigarette sales terminals. At the same time, a reporting reward mechanism will be established to turn supervision into group prevention and control, and to improve supervision efficiency. Cinema
Wu Di believes that the responsibility of the online platform should be further strengthened, and technical means should be adopted to review and screen some conjunctions that may involve “three-no” e-cigarettes, such as “atomized oil”, and strictly check whether the platform merchants have “blind-box operations” and other behaviors. Social platforms should conduct more stringent investigations on information involving electronic cigarettes and their conjunctions. Violations of electronic cigarettes should be blocked in a timely manner, and necessary restrictive measures should be taken for suspicious accounts to protect the healthy growth of minors.
“We must focus on strengthening the main management responsibilities of e-commerce platforms and social platforms, and conduct strict inspections. The express delivery process must adhere to the real-name system, strictly inspect parcel items, and not provide convenience for illegally sending ‘three-no’ e-cigarettes.” Wu Di said.
Zhu Jie also called on schools and parents to jointly shoulder educational responsibilities. Schools should strengthen publicity and education on legal knowledge and health knowledge for young people, so that young people can understand the harm of tobacco, correctly guide young people to stay away from tobacco, and promptly guide young people to prevent bad campus habits. Parents should also strengthen education and management to avoid teenagers from going to occasions where they are prone to exposure to tobacco.
Source | Editor of the Rule of Law Daily | Zheng Zongmin