We reported in December 2021 that China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) published on its website the draft Management Rules for E-cigarettes and the updated national standard (GB) on e-cigarettes for public comment.
Working with important industry members, including industry associations and manufacturers, Keller and Heckman filed comments to STMA to address and seek clarification on various issues that resulted from these publications.
On March 11, 2022, STMA announced the publication of the final Management Rules for E-cigarettes, which will take effect starting May 1, 2022. At the same time, the second draft GB standard on e-cigarettes also was published for comment by March 17. We summarize below some notable changes in the final Management Rules.
The final version deletes the definition for “e-cigarettes,” which was “an electronic delivery product that produces nicotine-containing aerosol for human inhalation.” Since the Management Rules state that e-cigarettes must comply with the mandatory national standard, one should now refer to the GB standard on e-cigarettes for the definition of e-cigarettes.
David J. Ettinger, Eric Gu & Azim Chowdhury – Continuum of Risk – 2022-03-17.
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