VANCOUVER, BC, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PODA LIFESTYLE AND WELLNESS LTD. ("PODA" or the "Company") (CSE: PODA) (FSE: 99L) is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding letter of intent
The International Cigar Expo 2021 will take place Nov. 8-10 in Chengdu, China.
It’s the second version of the International Cigar Expo, the first was held in Shenzen in late 2019. The event is co-hosted by China Cigarette Sales Corporation and China Tobacco International Group Limited; a variety of other companies are listed as co-organizers. It will be hosted inside of the Tianfu International Convention Center and a press release says it will cover over 10,000-square-meters of show floor space.
That press release says that more than 150 companies and 10,000 people will be invited to the event. It lists companies such as Habanos S.A., Oettinger Davidoff AG and Scandinavian Tobacco Group as confirmed exhibitors. The expo says that the 2019 event had more than 80 exhibitors and 5,000 visitors.
In Depth: Vape Firms, Health Advocates United in Opposition to Tobacco Monopoly Control of E-Cigarette Rules
For tobacco control advocates, the STMA’s lack of interest in public health measures is the problem. Copying its model wholesale for e-cigarettes could expose more people to a growing list of suspected harms that include hooking minors on nicotine. Photo: VCG
Public health advocates and e-cigarette makers don’t agree on much.
But outspoken figures in both camps say China’s powerful State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) which is in the enviable position of both regulating and effectively selling almost all of China’s tobacco products should not also be given the power to regulate vapes.