State Tobacco Monopoly Administration: Proposed total management of electronic cigarette related production enterprises.

On April 2nd, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration publicly solicited opinions on the "Notice of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration on Amending Some Regulations on Electronic Cigarette Regulation (Draft for Soliciting Comments)." The revised content mentions that in order to achieve a balance between supply and demand in the electronic cigarette market, total management will be conducted on electronic cigarette-related production enterprises, and production capacity and scale will be determined in accordance with laws and regulations. The competent administrative department of the State Council for tobacco monopoly will comprehensively consider factors such as tobacco control, approved production capacity, market demand, enterprise orders, legality, and compliance, classify and determine the annual production scale, and control it as the upper limit of the corresponding product category annual production and transaction volume. Provincial tobacco monopoly administrative departments will organize electronic cigarette wholesale enterprises in the administrative region to carry out business activities within the annual sales target of the province (region, city). Furthermore, the notice details modifications to several regulations related to the electronic cigarette industry, including the regulation of fixed asset investments, technical evaluation of products, traceability management, international trade, and the establishment, division, merger, and closure of electronic cigarette production enterprises. The adjustments aim to strengthen the regulatory framework of the electronic cigarette industry and ensure compliance with relevant policies and regulations. Source: National Tobacco Monopoly Administration. Translated by GMTEight.