A statement from government health authorities in China has prompted some of the country's largest online stores to stop selling e-cigarettes. The New York Times reports.
In short, the vague statement said that the legislation on electronic cigarettes is about to change and that the authorities are concerned that young Chinese people are being lured into using e-cigarettes.
"There is no law prohibiting the online sale of e-cigarettes in China today" says Ou Junbiao from the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of China organization to New York Times. The Committee suspects that legislators are concerned about the loss of tax revenue from cigarette sales in the country. Something that the rapidly growing e-cigarette industry is indirectly causing
New legislation in the pipeline
China is by far the largest producer of vejp products in the world, particularly in terms of hardware exports. But the domestic market is also large, with over 7.4 million vejp users in the country. But for the past month or so, there have been rumors that the authorities want to regulate the trade of e-cigarettes within China. Friday's announcement can be seen as another step towards new legislation that could potentially affect, among other things, the marketing of the products.
Businesses are betting on the US
The domestic market in China is also affected by events in the United States, where vejping of misbranded cannabis products led to several deaths. Now the authorities are planning possible restrictions on flavored e-juices. Some companies in China have invested heavily in the US market. These companies are likely to suffer financially if US sales continue to decline, according to Vejpkollen.
Large online companies like However, Fasttech and Alibaba have not changed their offer of e-cigarettes after Friday's announcement. However, at the same time, these companies are exclusively engaged in exports and are not affected by domestic laws in the same way.
Big fall for the e-cigarette market
The THC crisis in the US is likely to lead to the rapid growth of the e-cigarette market decreases drastically next year. A forecast by ECig-intelligence estimates that global growth will be 0% in 2020.
Before the summer, the forecast for 2020 was an increase of 14%.
"We are concerned that the public, increasingly, believe that using approved e-cigarettes can be acutely dangerous. It could prevent smokers from quitting smoking with the help of vejpning" said John Newton Head of Public Health at Public Health of England who maintains that regulated e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful to health than cigarettes.
Good articles stefan/emil
Thank you, Emil! It is warming!
Thank you for a very interesting article. I greatly appreciate the time you take to do all the research to put together your posts. I especially enjoyed this one!
Ecigg
Thank you for kind words! Lets hope the situation in China evolvs into a reasonable legislation. And if there´s anything ragrding vaping that you feel we should look into, let me now! /stefan
Long time reader, first time commenter - so, thought I'd drop
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(and don't mind if I steal it? :P)
I just launched my small businesses site -also built
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Keep up the good work- and take care of yourself during the coronavirus scare!
~Justin
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