China intends to take steps to regulate their market e cigarettes, as it is concerned about the health of consumers and of course why sales of e-cigarettes are constantly increasing in recent years.
Its national health committee China has launched an investigation into e-cigarettes and plans to issue new legislation for the industry, health authority chief Mao Qunan said at a news conference this week.
The effort came as Chinese start-up e-cigarette companies seem to have "escaped" in their quest to attract attention to the world's largest smoker market.
Vaping suppliers in China are currently and not known laboratories. At least 20 electronic cigarette companies in China have increased their funding from the beginning of 2019, according to data collected by Crunchbase.
All of these companies are pitted against the state monopoly China Tobacco, which is the world's largest cigarette maker and provides the government with colossal tax revenues. income.
Some researchers support the use of e cigarettes can help adults stop smoking while others have shown that electronic cigarettes are just as addictive as traditional cigarettes.
The other major controversy is the growing use of electronic cigarettes among adolescents, which has led to California's ban on sales of these products.
China, on the other hand, is reportedly applying more controls to the new one technology smoking. Research shows that the heated aerosol from e-cigarettes can contain “many harmful substances” and that additives in e-cigarettes can “create health risks” such as said Mao. He also said that the controversial nicotine level marking can lead to bad behavior of smokers and non-strict device standards can lead to battery explosion and other safety incidents.
Like the US, China has also seen a worryingly high participation rate among young people, which is another reason that pushes Beijing to keep industry under control. The use of electronic cigarettes by children, adolescents and young adults has proven to be unsafe because nicotine, which is highly addictive, can damage brain development.
In May, China drew up a set of standards (PDF in Chinese) for electronic cigarettes that determine the level of nicotine, the type of additives, accessories and designs allowed in battery-powered smoking devices.
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