State Tobacco Monopoly Administration: Continue to promote the legalization and standardization of e-cigarette industry development

　　Zhongxin Finance, June 19. The official website of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued a document on the 19th to continue to promote the legalization and standardization of the development of the e-cigarette industry in an orderly manner.

　　According to the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, recently, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has issued a batch of tobacco monopoly production enterprise licenses for electronic cigarette related production enterprises in an orderly manner, and changed a number of electronic cigarette wholesale enterprise tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise licenses. The administrative department has issued a batch of tobacco monopoly retail licenses for the main players of the e-cigarette retail market in an orderly manner; a batch of e-cigarette products that meet the national standards of "E-Cigarette" have successively passed the technical review;

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　　Up to now, most of the certified e-cigarette-related manufacturers, e-cigarette wholesalers, and e-cigarette retail entities have completed membership registration on the trading platform... E-cigarette administrative licensing, technical review, and trading platform operation are progressing in an orderly manner .

　　The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration stated that it will continue to promote the legalization and standardization of the development of the e-cigarette industry around the following key tasks.

　　One is about technical review.

In accordance with the "Implementation Rules for Technical Review of Electronic Cigarette Products" and "Instructions for Technical Review of Electronic Cigarette Products", all provincial tobacco monopoly administrative departments continue to guide electronic cigarette manufacturers to do a good job of "three synchronizations" in a timely manner.

The product technical review agency continues to guide service e-cigarette manufacturers to carry out product technical review material review, product testing, and product review work simultaneously, and provide samples of tobacco flavors that meet the national standards of "Electronic Cigarettes" as a reference. Guide enterprises to speed up product transformation and provide first-line guidance services.

Electronic cigarette manufacturers should submit the corresponding technical review application materials, submit physical samples for inspection and review, and do a good job in supplementing and correcting related materials and products within the specified time in accordance with the "three synchronizations" requirements of technical review.

　　The second is about administrative licensing.

In accordance with the "Guiding Opinions on Issuing Licenses for Tobacco Monopoly Production Enterprises for Electronic Cigarette-related Manufacturing Enterprises", "Guiding Opinions on the Layout of Electronic Cigarette Wholesale Enterprises", "Guiding Opinions on the Layout and License Management of Electronic Cigarette Retail Points" and other regulations, The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration will continue to coordinate the scheduling of e-cigarette-related manufacturers that submit applications for production licenses, and the provincial tobacco monopoly administrative departments will continue to inform them in a timely manner and provide specific guidance to e-cigarette-related manufacturers to prepare materials for administrative licensing. , provide policy consulting services, reasonably arrange on-site verification work, and promptly notify eligible enterprises to submit formal applications for production licenses.

At the same time, continue to provide services for the issuance of tobacco monopoly retail licenses for e-cigarette retail entities.

　　The third is about the national standard of "electronic cigarette".

Banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes is one of the important measures to protect minors from e-cigarettes. The national standard of "E-Cigarette" clearly stipulates that e-cigarette products should not induce minors, and should not make the product's characteristic flavor appear in addition to Other flavors than tobacco.

In this regard, all sectors of society pay high attention to and generally support it.

, giving e-cigarette manufacturers a sufficient transition period.

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After the transition period, products that have not passed the technical review shall not be marketed in China.

　　The fourth is about the trading platform.

At present, the trading platform has been officially launched. According to the "Detailed Rules for the Management of Electronic Cigarette Transactions (Trial)" and other regulations, all types of electronic cigarette market entities that have been or will be certified should be registered on the trading platform in succession once they are certified.

The transaction and export filing of nicotine raw materials, nicotine for electronic cigarettes, and atomizers of e-cigarette-related manufacturers that have been or will be certified, and the export filing of e-cigarette products should be gradually carried out on the trading platform.

Electronic cigarette manufacturers whose products have passed or are about to pass the technical review have made relevant preparations, and will gradually trade on the trading platform after they meet the conditions. The specific time will be notified separately.

　　The fifth is about market supervision.

Tobacco monopoly administrative departments at all levels will continue to strengthen market supervision in accordance with the law, and

removal , to further find out the market status of e-cigarettes, and to grasp the market price of e-cigarette products, Inventory, sales and other operating information.

Electronic cigarette retailers should strictly follow the requirements of electronic cigarette supervision policies, not to sell electronic cigarettes to minors, not to publish electronic cigarette advertisements, to implement warning signs, and not to engage in exclusive business activities.

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