Is Online Lung-Cleansing Quit-Smoking Remedy Real? Beware Counterfeit Cigarettes

Online "lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedy" products have recently been heavily promoted, with their smoking-cessation effects described as almost miraculous—as if one box could solve all your quitting troubles. So are these online lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies real or fake? Recently, tobacco authorities investigated some of these products sold online and identified them as counterfeit cigarettes. What exactly is going on? Let’s take a look.
 
Are online lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies real?

These lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies are marketed as cigarette substitutes to help smokers quit, supposedly as healthy and harmless alternatives to cigarettes. They retain the taste of smoking, and authentic products are said to be made from Chinese herbal ingredients and harmless to the human body. So are online lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies real or fake? Online shopping carries risks, so buyers should be cautious.

Lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies are counterfeit cigarettes

Recently, a local resident surnamed Yang heard that lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies were highly effective for quitting smoking and harmless to the body. To help a family member quit, he purchased two cartons of “Kangqi Hancao Lung-Cleansing Quit-Smoking Remedy” online. Whether these online products were genuine or fake was unknown to him at the time, but they were later identified by tobacco monopoly enforcement officers, who informed him that both cartons were counterfeit cigarettes.

Tobacco bureau investigation: lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies sold online are counterfeit and substandard cigarettes

Are online lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies real or fake? According to the municipal tobacco monopoly bureau, many sellers are now targeting people who want to quit smoking and using the internet to profit from selling various fake smoking-cessation products. After appraisal, products currently sold online under names such as “Zhonghua Quit-Smoking King,” “Herbal Lung-Cleansing Quit-Smoking Remedy,” “New Generation Lung-Cleansing Quit-Smoking Remedy,” and “Hancao Lung-Cleansing Quit-Smoking Remedy,” all part of the so-called “quit-smoking remedy” series, look just like ordinary cigarettes. Moreover, the tobacco filler, cigarette paper, filter rods, and other materials used in them are all tobacco monopoly products. In reality, they are counterfeit and substandard cigarettes. Consumers trying to quit smoking are urged to stay alert, as online lung-cleansing quit-smoking remedies may actually be fake cigarettes.