China Effectively Bans Online Sales of E-Cigarettes

China issued its starkest warning yet over electronic cigarettes, calling on the industry on Friday to stop selling and advertising the products online.  Citing health concerns for minors, a Chinese regulator and the state tobacco monopoly jointly urged manufacturers and sellers to shut down websites related to the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes, in what could amount to an effective ban. Some players moved quickly. Just hours after the notice was published, three online platforms removed e-cigarette products from their offerings.  It’s a business increasingly under siege everywhere, amid concerns about vaping by teenagers and a series of serious lung illnesses linked to smoking cannabis e-cigarettes. Some states have imposed bans on vaping, while the Food and Drug Administration has been weighing whether to pull flavored e-liquid products from the market.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/business/china-vaping-electronic-cigarettes.html

"RELX, the most popular brand in China with 60 percent market share, said it “firmly supports” the decision by the regulator. “We will fully act to terminate all sales and advertising on the internet,” it said on its social media account." This shows that this is being put in place very quickly and people are starting to realize how amazing things like this can be to one's health. I would rate this pain as a 5 because it doesn't affect some people at all, however it affects some people dramatically and even killed some kids. I think this is biological. 

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