An Overview of Crackdowns on Illegal E-cigarettes Such as “Milk Tea Cups” and “Cola Cans”

lens 1：In February, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Baoshan District of Shanghai City joined forces with the public security organs to raid a supermarket club warehouse and detect the city's first live broadcast case of e-cigarettes. The criminal suspect lured young groups in the pursuit of "fashion" and "stimulation" and sold them at a high price in the form of blind boxes. This was the first criminal case involving e-cigarettes to be prosecuted in the city. nbsp;

#p#Pagination Title #e#Lens 2:In March, based on clues received in the early stage of selling e-cigarettes to minors, the Jiangsu Province Tobacco Monopoly Bureau joined forces with the public security organs to dig deep into the "1·12" network case of illegal production and sale of e-cigarettes in Guanyun, and seized "milk tea cups""Menghu Cup"There are more than 310,000 disposable e-cigarettes such as" coke cans ", as well as a large number ofthe cartridge, accessories,smoke oilNicotine extract, etc.

Since the beginning of this year, illegal e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups" and "coke cans" have become increasingly rampant in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions. The tobacco department attaches great importance to it, strengthens collaboration and cooperation, strengthens training publicity and implementation, and makes every effort to crack down on rectification, achieving phased results.

The Jiangsu Province Bureau has strengthened communication and coordination with departments such as public security, procuratorial, legal, and e-cigarette research and appraisal agencies, established a joint meeting mechanism for discussion on criminal aspects of e-cigarette cases, and strived to solve the difficulties of blockages in e-cigarette cases.

Taking comprehensively grasping the relevant policy requirements and legal basis for e-cigarette supervision as the top priority, bureaus at all levels have comprehensively improved their regulatory and governance capabilities by systematically studying the "1+2+N" e-cigarette supervision system.

In the first quarter, Jiangsu Province investigated and dealt with 197 cases involving e-cigarettes, seizing 265,300 cigarette bombs, 190,600 smoking equipment, and 572,700 disposable e-cigarettes. The physical value was 31.79 million yuan, and 50 people were detained.

The southeast is Xingsheng, the capital of Sanwu, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.

The Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Zhejiang Province has taken various measures to severely crack down on the cases of "milk tea cups" and "coke cans" with the "three highlights".

Highlight comprehensive coverage. 6289 people were dispatched to conduct special inspections to comprehensively understand various types of activities in the provincee-cigarette marketThe status of the subject and illegal clues lay a solid foundation for the operation and investigation of important cases.

Highlight the source attack. Promote the construction of law enforcement ecosystem in depth, launch cluster attack jointly with public security, municipal supervision, customs and other departments; strengthen the investigation from top to bottom, focus on the whole chain attack; focus on tracing the source of illegal e-cigarette production, and effectively deter illegal crimes involving e-cigarettes.

Highlight collaboration and linkage. Improve and improve the cooperation mechanism with the public security network supervision and Ali platform, strengthen supervision over the use of the Internet to promote and sell e-cigarettes, and realize the dynamic clearing of online sales links and advertisements of e-cigarettes.

Lens:From December 25, 2022 to March 31, 2023, the Shenzhen Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau launched a city-wide special campaign to "protect minors" to clean up and rectify the e-cigarette market.

The Shenzhen Municipal Bureau regards "managing the market and managing the market well" as its top priority, focusing on regulating the order of the e-cigarette market and protecting the health of minors, and carrying out all-round, full-chain and all-field market supervision.

Strong organizational leadership. Relying on the e-cigarette supervision and management leading group, the municipal bureau and district bureau have set up special work teams; actively report work to the municipal and district party committees and governments to seek assistance from functional departments; and promote the Guangming and Baoan governments to formulate and implement a joint meeting system for the supervision of the e-cigarette industry.

There is a promising crackdown and rectification. Promote the publicity and implementation of daily inspections and pay equal attention to key crackdowns and rectification. Jointly with the Municipal Supervision Bureau for relevant interviewse-cigarette enterprises, urge the network platform to handle clues of violations; cooperate with municipal supervision, grid, public security and other departments to conduct key inspections of key areas, places, and objects such as outlets around the campus to purify the off-campus environment.

Good publicity and guidance. Strengthen publicity and guidance, supervise compliance with laws and regulations, encourage reporting and supervision, help minors establish a correct view of consumption and health through multiple channels and forms, and make every effort to protect the health of minors.

Develop "iron shoulders" and shoulder "hard burdens". The Municipal Bureau held more than 70 internal trainings, and carried out learning training and risk education on products such as "milk tea cups" and "coke cans" to comprehensively improve regulatory and governance capabilities.

Under the guidance of the Monopoly Department of the State Administration, the Municipal Bureau actively worked with the Guangdong Province Tobacco Quality Supervision and Inspection Station and other departments to break through difficult points in handling cases such as the identification of counterfeit and shoddy e-cigarettes and the valuation of items involved in the case.

Looking west--

#p#Pagination Title #e#When strict control of Gan Qingning in Sichuan and Tibet is in progress

Lens 1:On the evening of April 11, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Lhasa City, Xizang, in conjunction with the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Supervision Bureau, launched a surprise inspection on targeted key targets and seized a large number of illegal e-cigarette bombs, tobacco rods and "milk tea cups."

Lens 2:For the first time, the Sichuan Province Tobacco Quality Supervision and Inspection Station accepted and tested 119 samples from three categories, including "milk tea cups" and "coke cans." After identification, they were all counterfeit e-cigarettes.

The rampant "milk tea cups" have been frequently discovered even in Xizang, the "roof of the world".

The Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region has the responsibility to defend the territory and fulfill its responsibilities. It conducts rapid inspections and trials and resolutely rectifies it. "The parties involved in this night inspection also operated illegal operations online, covering many cities and cities in the region. We will investigate it to the end." The relevant person in charge of the Monopoly Office of the Xizang District Bureau said. nbsp;

In the hinterland of the northwest, the crackdown and strict management are underway.

In March, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Gansu Province cracked a case involving the illegal production and operation of e-cigarettes online with a case value of more than 100 million yuan, seized nearly 85,000 illegal e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups" and "coke cans", and detained 18 people.

Qinghai Province Tobacco Monopoly Bureau strictly investigated the sale of "milk tea cups" to minors. In April, the public security organs joined forces and asked the procuratorate to intervene in advance to detect the "2·01" case of illegal operation of e-cigarette networks. More than 350,000 "milk tea cups", cigarette bombs and cigarettes were seized, and 11 people were detained. The total amount involved exceeded 150 million yuan.

Beigu--

The first to be good and the first to take on the grassland sword is unsheathed

Lens:#p#Pagination Title #e#In April, the Beijing Miyun District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the District Court launched a publicity activity on the theme of "Popularizing Laws and Entering Campus" e-cigarettes, focusing on explaining to teachers and students the temptation and poisoning of illegal e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups" and "coke cans" to young people. It has received strong support and full recognition from the school.

In a place where the best is best, there should be the best to take responsibility.

In January this year, the Beijing City Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the Municipal Supervision Bureau launched a month-long special law enforcement operation, focusing on cracking down on the production and sales of "three noes" such as "milk tea cups" and "coke cans"e-cigarette productsAnd illegal publicity and publication of e-cigarette advertisements. During the operation, 18 cases were investigated and dealt with, 28,600 illegal e-cigarettes were seized, and 3 people were detained.

The motherland is in the north, beautiful Inner Mongolia.

Central View--

Hunan strives to jointly manage and intimidate Zhongzhou 

Lens:The Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, in conjunction with the Municipal Education Bureau, Health Commission, and Municipal Supervision Bureau, issued the "Chenzhou City Special Action Plan to Protect Minors from Tobacco and" Protect Spring Saplings ".

In the land of Huxiang, special management is at the right time.

In Chenzhou, the four departments have joined forces to supervise and focus on cleaning up cigarette sales outlets around campuses, banning unlicensed business sites, deleting online cigarette sales information, and centrally investigating and punishing illegal cases of selling cigarettes to minors. At the same time, we will connect with mainstream media to strengthen publicity and education for primary and secondary school students and legal publicity and implementation of cigarette outlets.

Since the beginning of this year, Chenzhou City has banned 10 cigarette sellers around schools, investigated and dealt with 5 e-cigarette cases around schools, and destroyed 1 illegal e-cigarette production den.

In the land of the Central Plains, we keep a close eye on clues and never let go of them. We will be shocked when we investigate them to the end.

Play attitude, play level, and play deterrence.

On the road to effectively protecting the rights and interests of minors, the national tobacco monopoly supervision front is holding high the sword and working together with all sectors of society to strive diligently.