loading
Home   |   News   |  

Light Review: Eliminate the blind spots of the supervision of children's electronic cigarettes

Light Review: Eliminate the blind spots of the supervision of children's electronic cigarettes

2022-11-29

Recently, some popular science evaluation released a video of "alert children's electronic cigarettes", which has attracted widespread attention. The video exposes a product called "gas mouth gum" but is very similar to electronic cigarettes. The product can spit out the smoke in a sip. The appearance of the product is "cute", and the packaging is like a snack. It can't help but be worrying -this may be a "children's electronic cigarette" that has a strong attraction to minors.



The so -called "gas mouth gum", the size of the lighter, shell packaging is like gum, the internal structure is similar to the electronic cigarette. The seller claims that it does not contain nicotine. However, after the inspection, the evaluation agency found that there are many ingredients in the "gas mouth gum" similar to the electronic cigarette. This product is essentially a "electronic cigarette".



Coincidentally, the Guangzhou media in Guangdong found that a disposable electronic cigarette product called "milk cup" was sold in many convenience stores in the downtown city. In addition to the "Milk Tea Cup", there are also one -time atomizer such as "Cola Cup", "Da Huan Cai" and "Seasoning Baseball" on the market. Consumers can turn tobacco -flavored smoke bombs into other flavors through these products.


Many people have a deep misunderstanding about smoking, thinking that only if it can be ignited, it can be regarded as "smoking." In fact, there are many "smoke", and common cigarettes are only one of them.


From October 1st this year, the "National Standards for Electronic Cigarettes" was officially implemented. For electronic cigarettes, "testing is positive" is only the first step in regulating management. Various types of electronic cigarette alternatives not only expose the perfoction of the pervasion of the capital market, but also pointed out the direction for further regulating the market order -while strengthening the supervision of electronic cigarettes, it is necessary to put various "smoke" products together together together Incident into the scope of supervision.


Looking at the various types of electronic cigarette products on the market, most of them are covered with colorful packaging, and some are directly made into various cartoon shapes, with novel fruit flavors. Obviously, the target customers of these products are adolescents or even minors, and this is also the most anxious and worrying. Regardless of whether these products contain nicotine, they may become the "first cigarettes" of children. Under the temptation of swallowing clouds and vomiting, more children will inevitably fall into it.


The Protection Law of the Minor clearly stipulates that "it is forbidden to sell tobacco and alcohol to minors." The "Tobacco Control Framework Convention" issued by the WHO was officially effective in my country in 2006, which clearly stipulates that "prohibiting the production and sales of candy, snacks, toys, or any other physical objects that are attractive to minors." It is not difficult to see that no matter what the electronic cigarette is wrapped in, since it is "smoking" as a selling point, it must be far away from minors. This is the bottom line of morality and the red line of the law.


The reason why "children's electronic cigarettes" concealed the sky is an important reason for the lack of effective management measures -because it is not listed in the "Food Safety Law", so it is not within the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration; It does not belong to the tobacco products defined by the Tobacco Monopoly Law, so it is difficult for the tobacco monopoly bureau to supervise it; only when electronic cigarettes belong to the "three products" can the industrial and commercial department be investigated and punished according to law.


"Children's electronic cigarettes" are not like "cigarettes", often more concealed and deceived, and therefore easier to induce minors to go astray. While increasing supervision and inspection and punishment accountability, it is undoubtedly an emergency to eliminate relevant "regulatory blind zones" as soon as possible.


Chat Online
Chat Online
Leave Your Message inputting...
Sign in with: