© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) With a slate of tightened regulations taking into effect, Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) With a slate of tightened regulations taking into effect, Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to manage the explosive growth
The power of Big Tobacco in a state-run industry in China is surprisingly similar to the hold that U.S. cigarette makers long enjoyed. Indeed, Chinese anti-smoking advocates are decades behind Western counterparts.
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.