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The reporter recently found that there are a large number of such “three-no” electronic cigarette products 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, Babaylan “Mandatory National Standards for Electronic Cigarettes” and “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 proliferation 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, which is better than ordinary cigarettes and ordinary people on the market.E-cigarettes must be easy to smoke. Out of curiosity, Mr. Yuan spent 99 yuan to buy a lemon-flavored “Cola can”.
Mr. Yuan only found out after returning home that CinemaBabaylan discovered that this e-cigarette may be a “three-no” product. “The outer packaging is particularly simple, and there is no manufacturer or production standard. The attached manual only has traditional Chinese in it.”
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. “I didn’t dare to smoke this type of e-cigarette again later.”
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 cash register 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 electronic cigarettes, fruity and soda, not irritating, many young people buy them.”
The disposable electronic cigarettes mentioned by the shop owner range 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, black currant, sensation cola, etc. In addition, there are many replacement core atomizer bombs for certain electronic cigarettes next to them, and there are also many flavors, such as Peach Duoduo, Yuanqi Strawberry, Bingpo Mint, etc.
The reporter spent 99 yuan to buy one of the “Tutu Milk Tea Cups” with green flavor. Although there is a brand name on the outer packaging of this product, there is no information on the production batch number, manufacturer, instruction for use. Only simple information shows that the e-liquid capacity of the product is 15 ml and the nicotine content is 30 mg per ml.
When the reporter asked the store owner about the specific usage, the reply he received was “You can directly charge with your own data cable, and you can draw it by charging, and you can draw about 6,000 pips.” When introducing the products, the store owner said many times that this kind of fruity e-cigarette “is bought by young people, and they bought several flavors at a time and changed them to smoke, including many student parties.”
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 from Nanjing, Jiangsu often saw a young man carrying an e-cigarette with exquisite shapes with him. She felt that it was cool to take it out and take a sip, so she asked a friend to buy a fruit-flavored e-cigarette called “Milk Tea Cup”.
“I simply think it’s likeThe baby looks good, it’s fun to smoke, and thinking that the fruit smell should not be harmful. This is different from the ordinary electronic cigarettes bought in the counter. They taste really delicious when you smoke, but Komiks can’t smoke too much a day. After taking more than 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 them are smoking.
Recently, a review blogger with 20 million fans posted a video on the short video platform about the harm of KomiksShao Fruit Flavored E-cigarettes, but in the comments, many netizens left messages saying “I want to buy”, “Is there any sold”, “Who is young people who are smoking the crawlers? href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks cigarettes”, the pursuit of this fruit-flavored e-cigarette can be seen.
Related news reports show that many shops 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 has been busy asking parents to ‘drink tea’ recently.” “I am now in the second year of junior high school, and I am CinemaThere are indeed many people smoking at the same time”.
Under the ban, the hidden sales platform sets 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.
On 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 their He organized the organization that the tobacco monopoly products shall not be sold through the information network, nor shall the 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 showed no search results.
However, the “three-no” e-cigarettes did not completely disappear on the e-commerce platform, but continued to exist in another more hidden form. The reporter used “atomizing oil”, “atomizing device”, and “Internet celebrity KomiksMilk Tea Bottle” and other keywords, similar products of “three-no” electronic cigarettes on the market will pop up immediately, and even peripheral products such as e-cigarette fruit-flavored beads and fruit-flavored filters.
The products searched by hidden keywords are mostly fruit-flavored supplements for e-cigarettes, and their product details pages are more Cinema is a vague word. For example, a certain product name is “Fruit Flavored Atomized Oil Herbal Aromatherapy Atomized Special Replenishment Liquid Oil Electronic High Concentration Steam Essential Oil”, with monthly sales reaching more than 400, a supplementary liquid of 30 ml, 55 yuan. Before placing an order, you can get a gift from the oiler Komiks.
Sellers of such products are particularly cautious. When the reporter mentioned words such as “smoke” and “milk tea cup” in the chat box, the customer service immediately asked “please withdraw the message”, and then said that the person he sold was “scented”. 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 super topic exclusive to “milk tea cup”. All the topics are purchase, sale, 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 “manufacturer ships directly”, with prices ranging 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 of another seller is only 58 yuan. 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: Babaylan“It’s so cool to smoke all the peers around her.”
However, in the opinion of the experts interviewed, these “three-no” e-cigarettes exist in large quantities, and even extend 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-cigarettes attract teenagers to buy through unique packaging and unique flavors. Teens lack discernment abilityCinema is often easy to passively take the smoking path. The ultimate impact is not only on personal health, but also on education and social order.
Hidden in the dark and crack down on it is difficult to strengthen supervision.
The “Mandatory National Standard for Electronic Cigarettes” officially implemented on 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 sell electricity through information networks other than electronic cigarette transaction management platforms stipulated in these Measures Zici products; it is prohibited to sell e-cigarettes to minors.
However, under multiple bans, why can “three-no” e-cigarettes still be easily purchased?
Zhu Jie said that with the introduction of the national standard of 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 Chinese Middle School Students and College Students Tobacco Epidemic Monitoring Results” released by the Tobacco Control Office of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the proportion of middle school students who used e-cigarettes in 2021 was 16.1%, of which 63.8% were used for fruit flavors. In 2021, Chinese e-cigarette consumers prefer to speak BabaylanIn the taste, 60.9% of consumers prefer other flavors such as fruits, foods, etc.
Wu Di, a lecturer at the School of Legal Affairs of 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, its packaging is like snacks or toys, and it has a variety of novel flavors, which is very attractive to children. Teens are in a hurry In the stage of quickly exploring and learning about things around, there is a strong curiosity 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 vacuums on their own, some teenagers choose 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 in R&D, taxation, labor, etc. is much lower than that of national standard e-cigarettes, so they are cheaper and have a large profit margin. Therefore, consumers are more willing to choose and merchants are more profitable. At the same time, since this type of “three-no” e-cigarettes are mostly small workshop-style operations, with low capital and technology investment and hidden in the dark, it is difficult for relevant departments to crack down on them. Zhu Jie suggested that relevant departments strengthen supervision, start from both production and sales, and work together with two-pronged approaches.Under v.com/”>Komiks, relevant regulatory departments trace the root cause to find illegal manufacturers and crack down on them; public security departments and market supervision departments should patrol the “three-no” e-cigarette concentrated occasions such as bars and schools, and promptly discover and deal with the “three-no” e-cigarette sales terminal. At the same time, a reporting reward mechanism is established to turn supervision into group prevention and control, and improve supervision efficiency. 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”, etc., and strictly check the flat. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks Whether Taiwanese merchants have “blind-box operations” or other behaviors. Social platforms should conduct more stringent investigations on information involving e-cigarettes and their conjunctions. Violent accounts that sell e-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.
“It is necessary to focus on strengthening the main management responsibilities of e-commerce platforms and social platforms, and conduct strict investigations. The express delivery process must adhere to the real-name system, strictly inspect the parcel items, and not provide convenience for illegally sending ‘three-no’ electronic cigarettes. “Wu Di said.
ZhuBabaylanJie also called on schools and parents to jointly shoulder the 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 and prevent bad campus habits. Parents should also strengthen education and management to avoid young people from going to occasions where they are prone to tobacco.
Source | Editor of the Rule of Law Daily | Zheng Zongmin