Case worth 300,000 yuan solved in cross-provincial illegal e-cigarette operation

- The first case involving vaping devices in Guan County.<\/p>

· Case Information<\/h2>

On October 8, 2023, a cross-provincial illegal operation involving vaping devices was successfully cracked by the police in Liaocheng, Shandong.<\/p>

It has been determined that from October 2021 to the present, the suspect Zhang, knowing that he did not have the qualification for tobacco monopoly licensing, repeatedly sold non-standard vaping devices online, with sales amounting to over 300,000 yuan. <\/p>

Safety Warning<\/h2>

Due to the mixed quality of non-standard vaping products, production lacks regulation, and certain substances may exceed national standard limits, potentially producing carcinogens such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and nitrosamines when heated, long-term use may harm health.<\/p>

Legal Consequences<\/h2>

According to the mandatory national standards for vaping devices issued on October 1, 2022, the national unified trading management platform for vaping devices only provides standard tobacco-flavored vaping devices and prohibits the sale of non-standard vaping devices; otherwise, it may violate Article 140 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, “producing and selling inferior products,” which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison or life imprisonment. Article 225, “illegal business operations,” carries a maximum penalty of over 5 years in prison, among others.<\/p>