E-cigarettes are different from ordinary cigarettes, but they also belong to franchise, monopoly or other restricted items stipulated by laws and administrative regulations. Failure to obtain a tobacco monopoly retail license not only violates the national tobacco monopoly law, but also violates the law.
All along, businesses have been promoting that e-cigarettes do not contain harmful ingredients such as tar and suspended particles, and even in product introduction, they are under the banner of "smoking cessation artifact" and "clearing the lungs". As we all know, the safety of e-cigarettes has not been fully scientifically demonstrated. So far, there is no systematic information on the safety evaluation of e-cigarettes at home and abroad, so what potential risks e-cigarettes will bring to users' health is still uncertain. Experiments show that people may inhale many other undiscovered toxic compounds besides nicotine when using e-cigarettes. At the same time, the second-hand smoke produced by e-cigarettes may also be harmful to health. E-cigarettes also release inhalable liquid fine particles and ultrafine particles, nicotine and carcinogens into the room. Because e-cigarettes do not produce smoke, it is easier to mislead consumers and make them have the wrong idea of safety and health.
The nicotine content of some electronic cigarettes is too high, which may be much more harmful than ordinary cigarettes. Although e-cigarettes contain no tar, the nicotine in them is not harmless. Simply inhaling nicotine can also pose health risks. Nicotine itself is not a carcinogen, but it can act as a "tumor starter". In addition, there is sufficient evidence that exposure to nicotine in fetuses and adolescents will have long-term adverse consequences on brain development.
legal ground
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 225 Whoever, in violation of State regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, 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.