To better implement the previous regulations, the Mandatory National Standard for Electronic Cigarettes, implemented on October 1, 2022, further regulates the production and sale of electronic cigarettes.13 On October 28, Shanghai, following Shenzhen, Hangzhou, etc., integrated e-cigarettes into the scope of the smoking ban in public places.14 Lately, an excise tax on e-cigarettes was imposed on November 1, 2022, to reduce e-cigarette consumption through high taxes that affect sales prices.15 It is believed that with tightening regulations, the rate of e-cigarette users will gradually decrease, which will lower the electronic cigarette-related disease burden and greatly benefit public health
It is essential to comply with the legal smoking age in your jurisdiction
Bates 2024), and emerging evidence suggests that this consumer demand shift is also accompanied by reductions in smoking-related diseases (van der Plas 2022)
Snijders and Bosker, 1999)