1. The national e-cigarette ordering platform will be launched on May 10
A national e-cigarette ordering platform will be launched on May 10, according to a notice issued by the Tobacco Bureau of Huizhou, a pilot city to supervise e-cigarettes. The online video training will take place between 2:30 PM and 3 PM on May 7, lasting about 30 minutes.
Previously, the national market supervision and management of taxation and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration departments in response to electronic cigarettes regulatory issues, said the national electronic smoke management platform will be will be launched on June 15, achieve a tobacco monopoly license related electronic cigarette related production enterprises, wholesale and retail market main body gradually in the trading platform. It is unclear whether the unified ordering platform mentioned by Huizhou bureau is the national e-cigarette trading management platform.
2, e-cigarette related manufacturers must submit a letter of intent for production license application from May 5 to 6
Recently, provincial tobacco monopoly administrations across the country have issued a circular on informing existing e-cigarette manufacturers of their intention to apply for tobacco monopoly Production Enterprise licenses. E-cigarette manufacturers who want to apply for a license must submit a letter of intent between May 5 and 6, but only those established before November 10, 2021 can do so. Relevant enterprises will be notified in succession to submit production license applications as scheduled.
3. Taobao.com updated the ban on e-cigarette sales, effective May 9
On April 29, Taobao.com issued a public notice on revising the rules on e-cigarettes and other products or services in the Regulations on The Management of Prohibited Information on Taobao.com Platform. In this revision, the background of the regulation "E-cigarette Management Measures" is added, and the specific circumstances of e-cigarette related ban include: e-cigarette and related products, such as e-cigarette sets, atomizers, cigarette oil, cigarette bombs, oil injection tools or services, heating cigarette sets, etc.
Among them, the prohibition of "oil filling tools or services, heating cigarette sets" is the new content of this revision. However, we have noticed that the domestic prohibition of zero-ni and herbal aerosol products has not been mentioned.
4. The Regulations on the Management of e-cigarettes have come into effect, with a transitional period of five months remaining
On May 1, 2022, the Measures for the Management of e-cigarettes came into effect, marking the beginning of a formal, orderly and compliant regulatory era for China's e-cigarette industry. However, considering that the e-cigarette management Measures, e-cigarette national standards and supporting policies will take a long time to be issued and implemented, the relevant authorities have set a five-month transition period, which will end on September 30. During the transition period, existing e-cigarette production and operation entities before November 10, 2021 can carry out normal production and operation activities.
5. COEE Opens the national standard new product tasting activity
Recently, COEE, a well-known electronic atomization brand in China, announced that it will open a series of touring activities in key cities in China. The first stop will be held in Shenzhen, the birthplace of electronic atomization. Local loyal fans and smokers will be invited to taste the series of tobacco flavor products prepared by COEE for the national standard of electronic cigarettes.
It is understood that COEE has developed nearly 20 tobacco flavor products in line with the NATIONAL standard, which are in line with the concentration and composition standards stipulated by the National standard. At the same time, it is equipped with the latest atomization core technology, which gives consideration to low concentration while making atomization taste more smooth and stable, so that consumers can get more satisfaction in the experience process. Facing the implementation of the new policy, COEE can continue to prove the brand's strong strength with its stable, high quality and high standard certification system.
6. The World Tobacco Development Report 2021 is released
The World Tobacco Development Report 2021, written by experts from the Institute of Economic Tobacco research (Policy Research Office) of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, was released recently. In the new tobacco sector, the report showed that excluding the Chinese mainland, the world e-cigarette sales reached 21.3 billion US dollars, up 12.1% year on year. The sales volume of heated cigarette products in the world was $26.4 billion and $100 million, with a year-on-year growth of 271%, among which the sales volume of heated cigarette sets was $1.7 billion and the sales volume of heated cigarette sticks was $24.6 billion and $300 million.
Two men were arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly selling nicotine-containing e-cigarette bombs
Hong Kong banned e-cigarettes on April 30. Against this backdrop, the Hong Kong SAR Government's Department of Health and police launched a joint operation on May 4 to crack down on illegal sales of alternative smoking products. During the operation, 94 boxes of e-cigarette shells and 74 e-cigarette machines suspected to contain nicotine were seized. Two men were arrested for allegedly illegally selling alternative smoking products.
Zhuoleng plans to launch a biodegradable e-cigarette next year
According to foreign media reports, ALD will launch the world's first biodegradable e-cigarette product in the middle of 2023. The product is named as environmentally friendly and biodegradable electronic atomization solution (EBVS), which can be biodegradable in just three months. It is reported that Zhuolineng was founded in 2009, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and application of electronic atomization technology.
9. The UK E-cigarette Association says the sale of e-cigarettes to minors needs to be cut off at source
The UK e-cigarette Industry Association (UKVIA) said regulators need to take tough enforcement measures to ensure sales of e-cigarette products to minors are cut off at source. There has been a significant increase in the use of e-cigarettes by minors in Scotland, who can easily buy disposable e-cigarette products online and from local retail outlets.
10. Thailand's minister of digital Economy and Society supports legalization of e-cigarettes
A growing number of Thai officials oppose the legalization of e-cigarettes, including the country's public health minister, who recently said he did not support it. However, Thailand's minister of digital Economy and Society is pushing for the legalization of e-cigarettes, recently urging the National Tobacco Products Control Board to revise its ban on the import and sale of e-cigarettes. He says many countries have accepted that e-cigarettes are less harmful to health than cigarettes.