Selling cigarettes requires a tobacco monopoly license.

The "Regulations on the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates:

Article 6: Engage in the production, wholesale and retail business of tobacco monopoly products, and the operation of tobacco Those engaged in the import and export of specialty goods and the purchase and sale of foreign tobacco products must apply for a tobacco monopoly license in accordance with the Tobacco Monopoly Law and these Regulations. ?

Tobacco monopoly licenses are divided into: ?

(1) Tobacco monopoly production enterprise license; ?

(2) Tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise license ;?

(3) Tobacco monopoly retail license.

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The "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates:

Article 31? No tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise license Anyone who does not have a license to engage in the wholesale business of tobacco products shall be ordered by the tobacco monopoly administrative department to close down or cease operating the wholesale business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal gains, and impose a fine. ?

Article 32: Anyone who operates the retail business of tobacco products without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop operating the retail business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal gains, and impose a fine. ?

Article 33: Whoever produces or sells cigarettes, cigars, or packaged tobacco without a registered trademark shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop production and sales, and shall be fined. ?

Whoever produces or sells tobacco products that counterfeit other people’s registered trademarks shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop the infringement, compensate the infringed party for losses, and may also be fined; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law. . ?

Dianjiang County People’s Congress Party Committee-Regulations on the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China