1. If the circumstances are general, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income;

2. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than/kloc-0 but not more than 5 times of the illegal income, or his property shall be confiscated.

Among them, the circumstances are particularly serious mainly in the following categories:

1, the amount of personal illegal business operation reaches100000 yuan or more, or the amount of illegal income reaches 30000 yuan or more;

2. The illegal business operation amount of the unit reaches more than 500,000 yuan or the illegal income amount reaches more than100,000 yuan;

3, in violation of state regulations, publishing, printing or distribution. And the amount of illegal income of individuals is more than 20 thousand yuan, and the amount of illegal income of business units is more than 50 thousand yuan.

To sum up, if the circumstances of illegally operating e-cigarettes are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated.

Legal basis:

Article 225 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of illegal business operation violates the provisions of the state and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, and if the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.