Chinanews.com, May 24. According to Hong Kong's Dagong Wenhui all media reports, Hong Kong Customs said today (24th) that after the new law on banning the import and sale of electronic cigarette heating cigarette products came into effect, special enforcement actions were taken to crack down on the source. Smuggling of alternative smoking products, successfully detected 46 related cases and seized about 360,000 suspected alternative smoking products with an estimated market value of over HK$10 million.
From April 30, Hong Kong has completely banned the import, manufacture, sale, distribution and promotion of alternative smoking products such as electronic cigarettes and heated cigarettes. Offenders can be fined up to HK$50,000 and imprisoned for 6 months.