Electronic cigarettes are sold as milk tea cups and cola cans. Why are they repeatedly prohibited?

2023-02-20

Electronic cigarettes have been controversial since their inception. After the ban on online sales, electronic cigarettes have been secretly sold with the appearance of "milk tea cups", "coke cans" and other daily necessities as the shell. What are the hazards of these fake and inferior electronic cigarettes? Why are online sales channels emerging in endlessly and repeatedly prohibited? Camouflage diversification, it seems to be a beverage, but it is actually an electronic cigarette. Is it easy to buy electronic cigarettes online? Recently, the reporter found in the survey that almost all mainstream e-commerce platforms have banned the sale of e-cigarettes. However, on some social platforms, as long as you slightly modify the search keywords, search for "milk tea cup", "starry sky cup", and so on, you will find various sales channels. Some social platforms even have daily updated sales channels for article sharing. According to a sharing tip, the reporter added a "milk tea cup" seller to WeChat, and the sample pictures provided by the seller showed that in addition to "milk tea cup" and "coke can", some flavored electronic cigarettes were also called "magic magic wand", "cute tiger cup", "star cup" and "star sky cup", and the price of each one ranged from 60 yuan to 100 yuan. Various flavors of electronic cigarettes displayed by merchants. The screenshot shows that these "milk tea cups" and "star cups" are very confusing from their appearance. Some look like a bottle of trendy drinks, some like a bottle of mineral water, and some are made into the shape of toys such as cute tiger and cute rabbit. However, they all have a common feature. There is no manufacturer and other information. Some will also mark the nicotine content of 3%. How can such "milk tea cup" complete the transaction? The merchant told the reporter that it supports personal transfer, and the selected "milk tea cup" variety is sent together with the receiving address, and then the merchant arranges shipment, and supports anonymous order placement. The Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarettes, implemented on May 1, 2022, clearly prohibit the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes other than tobacco flavor and electronic cigarettes that can be added with aerosol by themselves. Electronic cigarette incarnates various toy shapes. Screenshot So these so-called "ice sweet melon", "peach soda", "coconut green latte", "glacier spring" and other "milk tea cups" with various flavors are all flavored electronic cigarettes, which are naturally illegal, let alone sold online. The Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarette also stipulates that no individual, legal person or other organization may sell electronic cigarette products, aerosols and nicotine for electronic cigarettes through information networks other than the electronic cigarette trading management platform specified in the Measures. This means that even large brands of e-cigarettes cannot be sold online. Electronic cigarettes are inherently harmful to the body, and the flavoring agent is even more so. Zhang Jianshu, president of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association, once said that the flavoring agents in electronic cigarettes are generally chemically synthesized and cannot be absorbed like food-grade products. Once ingested, the chemical components in the smoke will directly enter the human body through breathing, and then enter the blood, causing harm to the human body. In addition, in the transaction, the reporter noticed that many businesses do not support payment on delivery, especially for unfamiliar buyers, who need to transfer money before delivery. In this regard, consumers also have the risk of being cheated. Despite repeated prohibitions, some businesses said that "support wholesale" disguised as "milk

Edit:Ying Ying    Responsible editor:Shen Chen

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