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I have a friend who doesn't smoke a single traditional cigarette, but takes one puff after another.

In normal times, a person leaned against a wall, blowing smoke rings out like old-fashioned train spray.

Once, he sat in the back seat of my car and began to puff out smoke. Probably afraid that I would scold him, he said first that e-cigarettes do not contain tar, do not hang on roofs, and cannot be smoked on the walls, let alone cars.

After saying that, he sprayed smoke all over my face and asked me, how is it? Does it taste sweet, like perfume? rdquo;

I said nothing.

He was puffing out smoke behind him, which made me suspect that there was a high-power sprayer sitting behind me.

It was winter, the windows were closed, and the whole car was filled with smoke. Probably afraid that I would get into an accident, he rolled the windows open.

After a while, a traffic policeman came over and asked me if there was a fire in the car.

I said someone smoked.

“I thought you burned briquettes.& rdquo;

He bought a pole a few days ago. It cost more than 10,000 yuan for what kind of wood and batteries. He was afraid that his daughter-in-law would say that he spent money indiscriminately and let us lie to his daughter-in-law that the pole only cost 300 yuan.

I wanted to ask him at that time, if I would give you 3,000 yuan, would you give me the pole?

For most people who smoke e-cigarettes, this thing is just a handsome toy. Those who are not addicted to cigarettes still don't smoke at all. Those who are addicted to cigarettes will not quench their thirst.……

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A local e-cigarette seller always advocates that he borrow cigarettes. We have known each other for a long time, and we have spoken casually.

He often advises those urban beauties to be filial to their parents and ask them to buy an e-cigarette for their parents.

He said that e-cigarettes help quit smoking. He always used himself as an example, saying that he used to be a heavy smoker, but since he used e-cigarettes, he almost stopped smoking.

The city beauty is gone.

This guy skillfully took out his cigarette, and Ge You slumped on the sofa like him, took out the fire, lit the fire, and lit the cigarette in one go.

This was obviously a trick.

To say that smoking cessation with this thing is roughly the same as eating chewing gum. If you have perseverance, you can always quit. If you don't have perseverance, you can buy 10,000 e-cigarettes and smoke without quitting smoking. It's a matter of willpower, but most people are unwilling to admit it, so it gives some people the opportunity to take advantage of it, just like someone who writes badly. He didn't say it was himself, but insisted that he didn't have a good pen. If he had a good pen, he would write every day.

Anyone who has practiced calligraphy knows that practicing calligraphy is a mechanical job to train your fingers. Over time, your fingers will use that strength, and the words will naturally be beautiful. In short time, your muscles will not be trained.

Even if you know how to write a word, it's not like writing it. Who can't imitate good-looking words when they see them, but how about writing them? The horizontal is uneven but the vertical is not straight.

The unsightly writing has nothing to do with the hair of the pen.

I am conservative when I say I quit smoking with e-cigarettes.

In fact, e-cigarettes are not selling cigarettes. It's a cool culture. Without corresponding policy support, this cool culture can only be popular among some groups.

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The above examples are limited to individual e-cigarettes with large smoke DIY atomizers. Most of these types of e-cigarettes are used to puff smoke rings and show off.

As for other e-cigarettes that are loaded with cigarettes and taste exactly the same as real cigarettes, they do not belong to the above examples.

However, that kind of electronic cigarette is very difficult to spread in the country. Domestic small cigarettes replace cigarettes, often smoke 300, 500 smoke, smoke a few mouthfuls, began to leak oil, taste very poor, it is said that IQOS is not like this.

IQOS is very popular in Japan, and a friend who has tried it told me that this thing is very similar to real cigarettes.

However, according to surveys, IQOS has not completely replaced the status of real cigarettes.

55.7% of smokers said they can accept e-cigarettes.

A street survey showed that about 80% of Japanese people over the age of 40 are still keen on traditional cigarettes and they are not interested in e-cigarettes.

According to the Asahi Shimbun, for Japanese people who quit smoking, the success rate of smoking cessation is 40% lower than that of those who do not use e-cigarettes. People who go to smoking cessation clinics for medication have a higher rate of success in quitting smoking than people who do not receive treatment.

Another survey showed that a large part of the reason for Japanese people's enthusiasm for e-cigarettes comes from the strong support of the government. Unlike Japan's policy support, e-cigarettes are completely banned in Singapore, Hong Kong and other places.# p#pagination title #e#

The market of e-cigarettes in China is even more complicated. Among them, there are two difficulties. They are inextricably connected and complement each other. One is policy support and the other is taxation.

According to CCTV News: In 2018, the total industrial and commercial tax profits of the entire industry were 1.1556 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.69%; the total amount turned over to the state finance was 1.0008 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.37%; and the industrial added value was 787.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.88%.

The figure below shows the national tax revenue table.
 
Cigarettes have long been an important source of national tax revenue.

Different from daily necessities, cigarettes have always been banned but discouraged because of their harmfulness. It is these small cigarettes that support China Tobacco Corporation and tens of thousands of tobacco farmers.

For our country, tobacco taxes mainly include consumption tax and value-added tax:

Among them:

1. Class A cigarettes (allocation price of more than 70 yuan/piece): The tax rate is 56%, and an additional 0.003 yuan/piece will be charged, which will be collected during the production process;

2. Class B cigarettes (allocation price is less than 70 yuan/carton): The tax rate is 36%, and an additional 0.003 yuan/carton is charged, which will be levied during the production process;

3. Commercial wholesale: The tax rate is 11%, and an additional 0.005 yuan/branch will be charged, which will be levied at the wholesale link;

4. Cigars: The tax rate is 36%, levied in the production process;

5. Tobacco tobacco: The tax rate is 30%, which is levied in the production process.

According to Article 2 of the Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Value-Added Tax, tobacco belongs to the sale of goods, and the value-added tax rate is 17%.

Cigarettes are not a necessity in national life. Even the country encourages people to quit smoking. To this end, the country does not hesitate to raise taxes. However, for smokers who are addicted to smoking, this ban will not only make them short of money, but will not significantly improve their reliance on cigarettes. Dependence has enabled major tobacco companies.

For e-cigarettes, how to regulate and charge is a major problem facing the China cigarette market.

E-cigarettes are different from traditional cigarettes. They are composed of two parts: tobacco oil and electronic components. The relevant laws on this area are not very complete. Therefore, how to reasonably collect various fees for e-cigarettes will be the biggest problem faced at this stage.

According to the corresponding policies introduced by some European countries, the tax collection of e-cigarettes is not without rules.

Some European countries use tobacco oil as the object of tax collection. According to an e-cigarette seller:

Italy replaced a hastily introduced ad valorem tax based on the retail price of e-cigarettes (including equipment and parts) with a flat tax of 0.3743 euros per milliliter of tobacco oil.

Other European countries have adopted similar low specific taxes based on the volume of tobacco oil.

Only Portugal has a higher tax rate than Italy, while Latvia has a mixed tax structure of one euro cent per milliliter plus half a euro cent per milligram of nicotine. Serbia is eager to join the European Union. In 2015, it introduced a specific tax of 4 Serbian dinars per ml of tobacco oil. In July 2016, it increased it to 4.06 Serbian dinars (approximately 0.033 euros), taking into account inflation.

In addition to considering the majority of smokers who inhale nicotine, we should also consider young people who are cool and handsome. To this end, will some corresponding miscellaneous taxes be increased for e-cigarette equipment?

For example, some expensive and cool brand e-cigarette equipment, are e-cigarette equipment considered a light luxury item? If it is counted as a light luxury item, how should it be charged? I think if the e-cigarette market becomes more popular, then the corresponding taxes on these devices will also become more complete.

Therefore, from the perspective of taxation alone, e-cigarettes can be charged with various fees just like cigarettes. In the process of continuous innovation and development, any emerging product in the world may introduce continuously improving corresponding policies to enhance national taxation, such as the past. Cars, now electronic products. However, how to collect taxes must be considered from the perspective of interests. Judging from the ancient macro-control and current market regulation, our country will not have a so-called policy tilt towards the e-cigarette market in a short period of time.

Bitcoin and virtual currency markets are popular abroad, but in China they have an ambiguous attitude and do not explicitly prohibit them. You can hype virtual currency or make profits from it, but the policy does not support it. If you encounter any investment failure or other problems, the law will not provide any protection or compensation.# p#pagination title #e#

At present, the domestic e-cigarette market is also in this situation: there is no prohibition or encouragement.

So, why won't the country tilt its policies in a short period of time?

Not anytime soon. There are two basic difficulties.

The first is national health.

There has been no arbitration, recognition, and doubts about whether e-cigarettes are healthy. Most of the voices of approval come from e-cigarette manufacturers or sellers. Whether the news is credible remains to be discussed.

It is really a very general concept for national health. Some people say that smoking e-cigarettes is healthier than real cigarettes, because the so-called smoking is harmful, just insufficient burning of tar.

Some argue that nicotine itself is harmless.

In fact, nicotine has dual effects in the human body. When inhaled in a small amount, it will excite the nervous system, but when inhaled in excess, it will have a inhibitory effect. It is addictive and can cause psychological and physiological dependence.

To say that nicotine is completely harmless is a bit too much.

Moreover, immature brands of e-cigarettes are prone to accidents during use.

After the accident, compensation is a difficult problem. Who supervises it? Who is responsible? From this perspective, it is actually biased to say that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes.

In addition to the scientific difficulty of proving and being recognized, from a regulatory perspective, the harm of e-cigarettes during use should be slightly greater than that of real cigarettes.

The first is tobacco oil. Although most tobacco oil has a child's lock function, its fragrance is fragrant and still attracts the favor of children. They can easily inhale the tobacco oil into their mouths.

Most domestic e-cigarette manufacturing equipment has huge safety hazards. Its equipment is simple to manufacture and has great benefits, but it is unknown whether it meets the standards. What is more terrifying is that this standard is also unknown.

Of course, you can also buy foreign products, but for the vast majority of Chinese people, there are few ways to buy foreign products, and purchasing or smuggling is expensive.

Moreover, there are many problems in the production of tobacco oil. For a considerable number of e-cigarette enthusiasts, they easily dare not buy any tobacco oil except in stores.

Does the tobacco oil purchased in stores meet the corresponding safety standards?

Secondly, the cigarette industry chain cannot be destroyed.

Tens of thousands of people live in the cigarette industry chain. Once the chain is destroyed, they will lose their jobs.

The influx of unemployed people into the market not only increases the financial burden, but also increases unnecessary social conflicts. From this point alone, it is extremely difficult for e-cigarettes to replace traditional cigarettes in a short period of time.

As for e-cigarettes, my opinion is that I do not reject it, nor do I accept it.

Compared with promoting e-cigarette smoking cessation, I trust more in professional medical institutions and a person's perseverance. Replacing smoking with a product just transfers the addiction and does not achieve smoking cessation in the true sense.

Using e-cigarettes as a hobby and a tool to quit smoking is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

E-cigarettes belong to a type of popular culture. They can be accepted by young people, but not enough for everyone to accept them. When young people are no longer young, they may not accept this popular culture anymore.……

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