E-cigarette industry governance has fully entered the track of legalization and standardization

Recently, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration held a press conference to introduce the work and progress of comprehensively strengthening the supervision of e-cigarettes in accordance with the law. It is understood that since the "Decision of the State Council on Amending the Implementation Regulations of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision of the State Council") was promulgated and implemented on November 10, 2021, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has effectively realized the e-cigarette market from lack of There has been a fundamental transformation from supervision to law-based governance, from chaos and disorder to regulation and order, from barbaric growth to strict management, and the governance of the e-cigarette industry has fully entered the track of rule of law and standardization.

Guide the orderly and stable operation of the industry

According to Liu Peifeng, spokesperson of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and director (director) of the Office (Department of Foreign Affairs), in order to better implement the regulatory requirements, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has set a deadline of September 30, 2022 after the announcement and implementation of the State Council's "Decision". days of transition. Since e-cigarettes entered normal supervision on October 1, 2022, taking severe crackdowns on e-cigarette violations as an example, up to now, a total of 1,848 administrative punishment cases of various e-cigarettes have been investigated and dealt with nationwide, and joint public security departments have investigated and dealt with criminal cases involving e-cigarettes. 398 cases were seized, 2.94 million pods, 730,000 e-cigarettes, 3.57 million disposable e-cigarettes, 9.8 tons of nicotine and atomized substances, more than 10 tons of accessories, 25 counterfeiting dens and 36 finished product warehouses were destroyed , involving an amount of about 2.1 billion yuan.

According to Yuan Chao, director of the Office of the Leading Group for E-cigarette Supervision and Management of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, since the regulation of e-cigarettes has entered the stage of normalization, tobacco monopoly bureaus at all levels have continuously improved the operation and supervision system, standardized the production and operation activities of various e-cigarette operators, and promoted the development of electronic cigarettes. The electronic cigarette industry chain runs smoothly and orderly.

For example, continue to consolidate the foundation of the regulatory system. Yuan Chao further explained that after the release of the "E-Cigarette Management Measures" on March 11, 2022, and the release of the mandatory national standards for "E-Cigarettes" on April 8, 2022, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration will cooperate with relevant departments of the State Council to formulate and implement e-cigarette consumption taxes. Policies, e-cigarette-related companies' pre-listing review mechanism, e-cigarettes' entry portability, limited delivery, and off-site limited carry policies, etc. There are a total of 61 supporting policies and implementation rules for the current regulation of e-cigarettes, initially formed based on the "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" and its implementation regulations, based on the "E-cigarette Management Measures" and "E-cigarettes" mandatory national standards, The "1+2+N" e-cigarette regulatory system supported by multiple policy documents has laid a legal and lawful institutional foundation for the regulation of e-cigarettes.

Guide business entities to operate legally. Adhere to classified policies, strengthen the management services of e-cigarette business entities, and effectively promote the source governance of e-cigarette supervision. Supervise e-cigarette business entities that have obtained tobacco monopoly licenses in accordance with the law to comprehensively carry out raw materials, sub-processing, production batch, wholesale and retail, import and export transactions and filing on the national unified e-cigarette transaction management platform, and organize tobacco monopoly bureaus at all levels to move government services to On the front line of business entities, targeted regulatory policy publicity and business guidance will be carried out to improve the compliance awareness and compliance capabilities of business entities.

Keep the industry running smoothly. Strictly control product quality and safety, strengthen the publicity and implementation of mandatory national standards for "E-cigarettes", technical review, product quality supervision and spot checks, and improve product supply quality and supply capabilities; guide and serve e-cigarette export companies to carry out international business in accordance with laws and regulations, Continuously improve the competitiveness of enterprises and products.