“Fulu Big Easter Egg, highly recommended! Mint white peach green brings out the taste of full”, “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: outsourcing Cinema installed without detailed Chinese instructions, 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 “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 its unique shapes and varied flavors, but also gradually attracted many Cinemaminors “entered into the circle”.
The experts interviewed believe that the proliferation of e-cigarettes in “three noCinema” will cause many harms, disrupt the order of the tobacco market and endanger human health, and its harm to minors is even more worthwhile. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks Beware. 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 poor supervision, and corresponding measures need 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 pills.You can smoke it by charging it. One can smoke it 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 Cinema 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, 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, are not irritating, and 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 “CinemaRabbit Milk Tea Cup”, which looks like a mini water cup with straw. The packaging also has a cartoon rabbit pattern printed on it, which is divided into multiple colors, and different colors correspond to different flavors, including kiwi fruit, blackcurrant, 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 that young people carried exquisitely styling electronic cigarettes with them when shopping. She felt that it was cool to take it out and take a sip, so she speciallyI 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 think that the fruity smell should not be harmful. This is different from the ordinary electronic cigarettes bought by the counter. It tastes really fragrant when you smoke, but you can’t smoke too much a day. After smoking for more than a dozen sips, Komiks feels like you’re being held back.” Ms. Duan said that the audience of this electronic cigarette is mainly young, and many “post-00s” around you 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. However, 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 shops around primary and secondary schools sell fruity electronic cigarettes to students. Some netizens 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, a 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.
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, no citizen, legal person or other organization shall sell tobacco monopoly products through the information network, and shall not publish information on promoting and selling e-cigarettes Komiks. The platform further stipulates that the release of e-cigarettes and related products is prohibited, such as e-cigarette sets, atomizers, e-liquids, cigarettes, oil injection tools or services, heating cigarettes, etc.
Therefore, when searching keywords such as “fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes” and “e-liquid” on relevant platforms, no search results were found.
However, the “three-no” e-cigarettes 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 “atomizing oil”, “atomizer”, and “Internet celebrity milk tea bottle”, he immediately popped up similar products of “three-no” electronic cigarettes on the market, and even peripheral products such as e-cigarette fruit-flavored beads and fruit-flavored filters.
The products searched from hidden keywords are mostly fruity supplements for electronic cigarettes, and the introduction on the product details page is even more vague. For example Cinema, a certain product name is “Fruit Flavored Atomized Oil HerbsKomiks Aromatherapy Atomized Special Replenishment Oil Electronic High Concentration Steam Essential Oil”, with monthly sales reaching more than 400, a supplementary liquid of 30 ml, 55 yuan. Consult customer service before placing an order to get a gift from the oil injector.
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 where “code language” is used to sell goods on e-commerce platforms, many “three-no” e-cigarette sales stores have moved to more hidden social platforms. On a social platform, there are even exclusive super topics of “milk tea cups”. All the topics are purchases, sales and transaction information. Most sellers say, “If you want to add a private chat account to chat privately, you can send and express delivery in the same city.”
The reporter added the chat accounts of several of the sellers and asked about it and found 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 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 exist in large quantities, and even extend their tentacles to minors, which not only disrupts the tobacco market, but also causes various 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 taste. Due to the lack of discernment, teenagers are often passively on the road of smoking. In the end, it will not only affect their personal health.ov.com/”>Komiks will also cause harm to education and social order.
Hidden in the dark and crack down on difficult and strengthening supervision is imperative
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 pass the electronic cigarette transactions stipulated in these Measures. Electronic cigarette products sold on information networks outside the management platform; it is prohibited to sell electronic cigarettes to minors.
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 of e-cigarettes, national standard electronic cigarettes can only sell tobacco flavors, while “three-no” electronic cigarettes have various fruit flavors and are more easily accepted by consumers. In May 2022, the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued the “2021 ChinaBabaylan Tobacco Prevalence Monitoring Results of Middle School Students and College Students” shows that in 2021, the proportion of middle school students who used e-cigarettes was 16.1%, of which 63.8% of the fruit flavors were used. Among the preferences of Chinese e-cigarettes in 2021, 60.9% of consumers prefer rich fruits, foods and other flavors.
Wu Di, lecturer at the School of Legal Affairs, Beijing University of Chemical Technology href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan believes that this type of e-cigarette is highly attractive to young consumers, especially minors. Its appearance design is very cute, with packaging like snacks or toys, and has a variety of novel flavors, which is very attractive to children. Teens 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 novel in appearance design and different flavor styles, which are more in line with the psychological characteristics of teenagers.
“E-cigarette management measures<a After the release of Cinema, the sale of seasoned e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavors and e-cigarettes that can add atomizers by themselves have been explicitly prohibited, and 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 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 operated in small workshops, and the funds are, low investment in technology and hidden in the dark, making it 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 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 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 for bad campuses, schools should promptly guide Cinema to prevent bad campuses. 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