China bars online sale of e-cigarette

[Hanno Labuschagne]

China bars online sale of e-cigarettes

China has banned online sales of e-cigarettes in the latest blow for the nascent vaping industry, which has come under intensifying scrutiny around the globe.

All websites and apps selling e-cigarettes should be shut down and all online marketing campaigns halted, said a statement by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and State Administration for Market Regulation on Friday.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Binary_Bark]

So back to the traditional cigarettes then.

 

[thestaggy]

Tobacco lobby money is just too powerful.

 

[RaptorSA]

Well done on the own goal you stupid f**ks.
As if China needed another reason to lubricate its trajectory down the sh*tter.

I guess soon we'll all be importing UK made vape gear.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Tobacco lobby money is just too powerful.

This exactly, its the traditional tobacco industry crying about lost revenue.

 

[BubiSparks]

I guess at least 98% of the gear is made there.... I guarantee they will still export as usual. Money Talks.

Placing another order now!

 

[Techne]

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China pushes higher 'moral quality' for its citizens

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news.yahoo.com

It looks like they have learned from Western civilization to not be subverted and ruled by their passions and be exploited by a minority class that hates them. Good for them! When the Chinese becomes the dominant force they are likely to be much more civil than the current ruling class barbarians. And may they also have zero mercy towards the current barbaric elites.