“Fulu Big Easter Egg, highly recommended! Mint white peach green brings out the taste of the whole”, “Rabbit milk tea cup, water-based oil is exciting and moist, and it is silky like milk tea”, “Fluid violent bear style, can be used as ornaments after smoking, and its appearance is really high”…
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.
FactoryBabaylanIn fact, the “Mandatory National Standards for E-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, “three-no” e-cigarettes are still growing wildly, which is due to the concealment of transaction methods and poor supervision. Corresponding measures are urgently needed to be regulated.
San-free e-cigarettes are sought after by various flavors to attract young people
“Some time ago, I wanted to buy ordinary cigarettes, but after entering the store, the boss enthusiastically recommended a disposable e-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 e-cigarettes.
Mr. Yuan went to the tobacco hotel in Chaoyang District. According to the owner, disposable electronic cigarettes can be smoked about 6,000 pills, and they can be smoked just by charging. One pill can be smoked for a month..com/”>Komiks is priced at a high price, with various fruit flavors, which 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 found out after returning home that this electronic cigarette may be a “three-no” product. “The outer packaging is particularly simple, and there is no manufacturer or production standards. The attached manual only has traditional Chinese. ”
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.”
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 Cinema small bottles were placed in front of the cashier at the door. After seeing the reporter observing these small bottles, the owner immediately took out one and handed it over and said, “Disposable e-cigarettes, fruity and soda smells, which are 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 is also printed with cartoon rabbit patterns, which are divided into multiple colors and different colors. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema‘s colors correspond to different flavors, including kiwi fruit, blackcurrant, sensation cola, etc. In addition, there are many replacement core atomizers of certain electronic cigarettes next to it, and there are also many flavors, such as Peach Duoduo, Yuanqi Strawberry, Bingpool Mint, etc.
The reporter bought one of the green flavored “Rabbit MilkBabaylantea cup”, 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 for use. Only simple information shows that the product’s e-liquid capacity is 15 ml and the nicotine content is 30 mg per milliliter.
When the reporter asked the store owner about the specific use method, the reply was “You can directly charge with your own data cable, and 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 all young people come to buy Cinema, and buy it at once.Several flavors are changed, and there are many student parties among them.”
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 carry 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 of Komiks to buy a fruit-flavored e-cigarette called “Milk Tea Cup”.
“I simply think it looks good, and 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. They taste really good when you smoke, but you can’t smoke too much a day. After 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 them are smoking.
Recently, a review blogger with 20 million fans posted a video on a short video platform introducing the harm of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes. 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. There is an Internet Friend commented, “I am only in the sixth grade, and there are people in the class who smoke. The teacher has been busy asking parents to ‘drink tea’ recently.” “I am now 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 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-cigarettes”, the “Green Net Plan” page will pop up directly, showing the following Relevant laws and regulations stipulate that no citizen, legal person or other organization shall sell tobacco monopoly products through information networks, and shall 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.
However, “three-no” e-cigarettes are not completely extinct on e-commerce platforms. Instead, it continues 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 Special Replenishment Oil Electronic High Concentration Vapor EssenceOil, monthly sales have reached more than 400, a supplementary liquid is 30 ml, 55 yuan. Before placing an order, you can get a gift from the oiler.
Sellers of this type of product 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 supplementary liquid “perfume” and “edible oil”.
In addition to selling products on e-commerce platforms, there are many “three-no” e-cigarette sales venuesCinema has moved to a more hidden social platform. On a certain social platform, there is even a “milk tea cup” exclusive super topic, all of which are purchase, sale, and transaction information. Most sellers said, “If you want to add a private chat account, you can send it in the same city and deliver it quickly and express delivery.”
The reporter added the chat accounts of several of the sellers and asked to learn that they sell both complete e-cigarettes and supplement liquids, “Cola can”, “milk tea cup”, “milk tea cup” and other Internet celebrity products. Some even claimed that “manufacturer sends it directly”, and the price was 5Babaylan5 yuan to 168 yuan.
In the online market, the price of this type of e-cigarette varies greatly. The same “CinemaCinemaCookie Tiger Cup” is priced at 168 yuan in the hands of one seller, while it costs only 58 yuan in the other seller. Surprisingly, from the information of one of the sellers’ circle of friends, she can tell that she is also a sophomore high school student and is a minor herself. During the chat, she told reporters: “Everyone around her is smoking, how cool. ”
However, in the opinion of the interviewed experts, 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 impacts. 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 ability, teenagers are often easily passively on the smoking path. In the end, it will not only affect personal health, but also Babaylan href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanEducation and social order are harmful.
Hidden in the dark and crackdown is difficult to strengthen supervision is imperative
2022Cinema The “Mandatory National Standard for Electronic Cigarettes” officially implemented on October 1 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 electronic cigarette products through information networks other than the electronic cigarette transaction management platform specified by Babaylan; and the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors is prohibited. However, under multiple bans, why can “three-no” electronic cigarettes still be easily purchased? Zhu Jie said that with the introduction of the national standard for electronic cigarettes, national standard electronic cigarettes can only sell tobacco flavors, while “three-no” electronic cigarettes have various waters href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema fruit flavors are more easily accepted by consumers. In May 2022, the “2021 Chinese Middle School and College Students’ Tobacco Epidemic Monitoring Results” released by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Office showed that the proportion of middle school students who used e-cigarettes in 2021 was 16.Cinema1%, of which the proportion of fruit flavors used was 63.8%. In 2021, Chinese e-cigarette consumers were biased. Among the good flavors, 60.9% of consumers prefer other flavors such as fruits, foods, etc.
Beijing HuaBabaylanWu Di, a lecturer at the School of Legal Affairs of the University of Technology, believes that this type of e-cigarette is highly attractive to young consumers, especially minors. Its appearance design is very cute, and its packaging is like snacks or toys. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks has a variety of novel flavors, which are very attractive to children. Teenagers are in the stage of quickly exploring 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.
“Babaylan After the introduction 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 choose these “three-no” products as new “toys” and continue to choose their favorite flavors. “Wu Di said.
Zhu Jie also mentioned that “three no” electricityIn terms of R&D, taxation, labor, etc., Ziyan has much lower cost than national standard e-cigarettes, so it is cheaper and has 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-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 strengthen supervision, start from both production and sales, and take 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.
Wu Di believes that the responsibility of the online platform should be further strengthened, and technical means should be taken 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 e-cigarettes and their conjunctions. They should promptly block illegal accounts that sell e-cigarettes, and take necessary restrictive measures 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 and stop 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