Smokers take note: China’s National Health Commission is studying legislation to regulate e-cigarett

On July 22, Mao Qun 'an, director of the Planning Department of the National Health Commission, revealed at a press conference that the National Health Commission is working with relevant departments to conduct research on the supervision of e-cigarettes and plans to pass legislation to regulate e-cigarettes.

Talking about the health hazards of e-cigarettes, Mao Qun 'an said that the aerosols produced by e-cigarettes contain many toxic and harmful substances, and the vague labeling of nicotine and other contents may easily lead to smokers smoking too much. In addition, e-cigarettes also pose risks such as explosion and high temperature burns.

According to him, the use of e-cigarettes in my country is at a low level, but according to a 2018 survey by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, compared with 2015, the proportion of people who have heard of, used, and currently use e-cigarettes has increased. The use of e-cigarettes can easily induce teenagers to use traditional tobacco and accelerate the trend of rejuvenation of smokers.

Mao Qun 'an said that in view of this, the supervision of e-cigarettes must be strictly strengthened. He revealed that the National Health Commission is currently working with the study on the supervision of e-cigarettes and plans to pass legislation to supervise e-cigarettes.

(Jia Xuan, editor of China Economic Weekly)

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Beijing News Express (Reporter Xu Wen) Recently, the State Council issued opinions on implementing the Healthy China Action, proposing to adopt comprehensive measures such as taxation and price adjustments to control tobacco. Mao Qun 'an, director of the Planning Department of the National Health Commission, responded at a press conference today (July 22) that he would work with relevant departments to further study the possibility of tax price adjustments.

Mao Qun 'an said that in fact, my country once carried out a tobacco tax price adjustment in 2015, which is also my country's fourth tobacco tax price adjustment. Tobacco consumption has been reduced through tax price adjustments.

He revealed that the National Health Commission and the World Health Organization recently held a special seminar on reducing tobacco consumption, inviting international experts and domestic experts to conduct discussions."Currently we are conducting discussions with international organizations and experts, including tobacco consumption and tax price adjustments. possibility. Because this involves fiscal and taxation policy adjustments, the National Health Commission will actively support them, and we will work with relevant departments to further study the possibility of tax price adjustments."# p#pagination title #e#

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