Several Convenience Stores Near Schools in Danzhou Illegally Selling Electronic Cigarettes
Milk-flavored electronic cigarettes? To experience what it feels like to be an adult and find out what their father’s cigarette tastes like, some innocent children have started buying electronic cigarettes from street-side shops. Trading broken phones for
Milk-flavored e-cigarettes? To experience what it feels like to be an adult and to taste what their father's cigarette is like, a group of naive children have started buying e-cigarettes on the street...
Using a broken phone to exchange for e-cigarettes
Around several primary schools in Danzhou City, many elementary school students told reporters that they had bought e-cigarettes from local convenience stores, and they said they were "very fragrant." Some students even exchanged broken phones from their parents for e-cigarettes. The reporter saw that the e-cigarette purchased by a student named Li Zibin came with an e-cigarette, a bottle of e-liquid, and a charger, priced at 25 yuan. He also mentioned that he exchanged it for a broken iPhone 7.
Li Zibin's father told reporters that if it weren't for his younger son "reporting" it, he would have never known that his older son was exchanging phones for e-cigarettes. Li Zibin is not the only elementary school student exchanging old phones for e-cigarettes.
Vendors not only told the students they could exchange old phones but also came up with various tricks, such as a lottery to exchange for e-cigarettes, where three items were needed to trade for one e-cigarette. Students who have purchased e-cigarettes also admitted that they either exchanged old phones or used their saved pocket money to buy them.
Vendors: "We didn’t sell anything," students said they bought out of curiosity.
After undercover visits by reporters, it was found that not only some convenience stores were selling e-cigarettes, but also street vendors were very "brazen" about it.
Both the convenience stores and street vendors selling e-cigarettes were surprisingly cautious when approached by reporters. Unless students purchased them directly, their responses to inquiries were always "not clear," "don’t know," or "we don’t have that."
When reporters asked students why they bought e-cigarettes, they admitted: "I was curious about what my dad smokes and wanted to know what it tastes like." Students who have tried e-cigarettes also said, "It’s very fragrant, fruity flavor," and many students share and secretly taste the "adult flavor" with each other.
When business management personnel entered the stores for inspections, vendors also denied selling anything: "We didn’t sell anything!" After checking the stores, there were indeed no e-cigarettes present, but reporters had seen elementary school students walking out of the store with e-cigarettes.
The e-cigarette market is currently chaotic, especially on platforms like Taobao, which are flooded with counterfeit products. Even the best-selling products do not meet the manufacturer’s qualification requirements. It is hoped that businesses can have some conscience and work together to maintain the healthy development of the e-cigarette market!
Using a broken phone to exchange for e-cigarettes
Around several primary schools in Danzhou City, many elementary school students told reporters that they had bought e-cigarettes from local convenience stores, and they said they were "very fragrant." Some students even exchanged broken phones from their parents for e-cigarettes. The reporter saw that the e-cigarette purchased by a student named Li Zibin came with an e-cigarette, a bottle of e-liquid, and a charger, priced at 25 yuan. He also mentioned that he exchanged it for a broken iPhone 7.
Li Zibin's father told reporters that if it weren't for his younger son "reporting" it, he would have never known that his older son was exchanging phones for e-cigarettes. Li Zibin is not the only elementary school student exchanging old phones for e-cigarettes.
Vendors not only told the students they could exchange old phones but also came up with various tricks, such as a lottery to exchange for e-cigarettes, where three items were needed to trade for one e-cigarette. Students who have purchased e-cigarettes also admitted that they either exchanged old phones or used their saved pocket money to buy them.
Vendors: "We didn’t sell anything," students said they bought out of curiosity.
After undercover visits by reporters, it was found that not only some convenience stores were selling e-cigarettes, but also street vendors were very "brazen" about it.Both the convenience stores and street vendors selling e-cigarettes were surprisingly cautious when approached by reporters. Unless students purchased them directly, their responses to inquiries were always "not clear," "don’t know," or "we don’t have that."
When reporters asked students why they bought e-cigarettes, they admitted: "I was curious about what my dad smokes and wanted to know what it tastes like." Students who have tried e-cigarettes also said, "It’s very fragrant, fruity flavor," and many students share and secretly taste the "adult flavor" with each other.
When business management personnel entered the stores for inspections, vendors also denied selling anything: "We didn’t sell anything!" After checking the stores, there were indeed no e-cigarettes present, but reporters had seen elementary school students walking out of the store with e-cigarettes.
The e-cigarette market is currently chaotic, especially on platforms like Taobao, which are flooded with counterfeit products. Even the best-selling products do not meet the manufacturer’s qualification requirements. It is hoped that businesses can have some conscience and work together to maintain the healthy development of the e-cigarette market!
