Shanghai Company Destroys Illegal E-cigarette Products According to Regulation

According to information published on the Credit China website, on May 24, 2024, Shanghai Xingyue Zhi Technology Co., Ltd. was ordered by the Minhang District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Shanghai to immediately rectify the illegal sale of e-cigarette products, aerosols, and nicotine for e-cigarettes, and publicly destroy the illegally manufactured e-cigarette products.

According to information received, on March 8, 2024 at 13:36, law enforcement officers from the Minhang District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau in Shanghai received a report. After presenting their law enforcement credentials, stating their identity, and explaining the purpose of their visit, they lawfully inspected the premises at Room 1, 1st Floor, No. 10, Lane 399, Xinlong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai. The individual in question holds a tobacco monopoly retail license, with permit number: 310112208669.

At the site, a total of 5 varieties and 26 boxes of a certain brand of e-cigarette products suspected of illegal activities were found. The above-mentioned e-cigarette products are suspected of being illegally produced. According to the person in charge at the scene, the above-mentioned e-cigarette products were intended for sale. The individuals were found to be selling flavored e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavor and were selling e-cigarette products that do not meet mandatory national standards and have not undergone technical reviews. The packaging labels of the e-cigarette products do not comply with relevant regulations.

The punishment is based on the Implementing Regulations of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, Article 25, which states that no individual or entity may sell illegally produced tobacco products. Article 58 of the same regulations stipulates that those who violate Article 25 and Article 38, Paragraph 1, by selling illegally produced tobacco monopoly products, will be ordered to stop sales by the tobacco monopoly administrative authority, confiscate illegal gains, impose a fine of 20% to 50% of the total illegal sales amount, and publicly destroy the illegally sold tobacco monopoly products. In accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of E-cigarettes," Article 5, Paragraph 1, e-cigarette products must comply with mandatory national standards for e-cigarettes. Article 13 states that e-cigarette products must use registered trademarks and adhere to the regulations for the use and management of tobacco product trademarks. Article 14 requires that e-cigarette products comply with packaging labeling and warning language regulations. Article 19, Paragraph 3, prohibits the sale of e-cigarette products that have not undergone technical evaluation. E-cigarette products on the market for sale must be consistent with the information of products that have passed technical evaluation. Article 26 prohibits the sale of flavored e-cigarettes other than tobacco flavor and e-cigarettes that can add atomizing substances independently.