Nanjing to Step Up Crackdown on Illegal IQOS Sales Starting Next Month
The appearance of fashionable, no need to light the fire can also swallow clouds of electronic cigarettes are very popular, but many consumers may not know, because it is still a monopoly in the domestic nature of tobacco products, the country has never been produced or imported from outside such products, in the strict sense, whether it is a small street store selling or network channels to buy are illegal to sell. The company's sales of tobacco products have been in violation of the law, and the company is now in the process of purchasing the products.
. font-family: "Microsoft Yahei"; font-size: 16px;"> Beginning next month, Nanjing public security will be joint industry and commerce, tobacco and other departments on the market to sell IQOS heating non-combustible products to strengthen the crackdown on illegal behavior, multiple sales and reach a certain value of the case will be held criminally responsible.The IQOS is a new generation of IQOS products.
IQOS is actually a new type of cigarette that heats up non-combustible tobacco products, each cigarette is only one-third of the length of traditional cigarettes, commonly known as “cigarette bombs”. No need to light when using, just insert a pen-like device into the heating can be used, because of its appearance of fashionable small, both electronic products, once introduced, will be in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other first-tier cities popular. From last year, in Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places in the market also appeared one after another such & ldquo; smoke bomb & rdquo;.
Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau of Food and Drug Environment Investigation Detachment relevant responsible person said, the most common non-combustible cigarette apparatus on the market at present is developed by the Philip & middot; Morris Tobacco International IQOS cigarette using & ldquo; cigarette bombs & rdquo;, the main Marlboro, Paradiso and other brands, since the implementation of China's tobacco monopoly law, the country has never produced or imported from abroad such tobacco products, & ldquo; According to the results of the previous investigation and handling, the market existing cigarette bombs are mostly shopkeepers secretly sold or purchased through the network channel, these behaviors will be the focus of the next phase of the fight & rdquo;. From last year, the Nanjing Public Security Bureau food, drug and environmental crime investigation detachment and the relevant public security sub-bureaus handled a number of cases of unlicensed illegal operation of heated non-combustible tobacco products, the seizure of more than 10,000 pieces of IQOS & ldquo; cigarette bombs & rdquo; the value of more than 20 million yuan, sentenced to More than 20 suspects involved in the case were sentenced to imprisonment. Other areas such as Yangzhou also cracked a 280 million yuan of IQOS cigarette cartridges illegal business case, belonging to the huge amount of money involved in the illegal business case of electronic cigarette cartridges. IQOS can be seen in the country's hot degree. Cheng reminds: According to Article 225 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the crime of illegal business operation refers to the violation of state regulations, without authorization to operate the laws and administrative regulations of the monopoly, monopoly goods or other restrictions on the sale of goods is a crime. After IQOS cigarette bombs were declared under tobacco monopoly control, domestic sales on the Internet, WeChat and other sales are illegal according to the above law. The penalties for the crime of illegal business are as follows:Serious cases shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of less than five years or criminal detention, and a fine of not less than one but not more than five times of the illegal income, or a fine of not less than one but not more than five times of the illegal income; if the case is particularly serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than five years and a fine of not less than five but not more than two but not more than five times of the illegal income, or confiscation of property. It should be especially reminded that the crime of illegal business belongs to the behavioral crime, as long as the implementation of the criminal law sub-rule of the act that is the crime is attempted, the amount of money involved is a reference to the severity of the sentence, but as long as the implementation of the illegal sale of IQOS cigarette bombs that constitute a crime.
