Cigarettes are banned online, but ＂idle fish＂ is still available, so it is impossible to prove whether it is genuine or not.
Mr. Li, a citizen, reported that some people sold a variety of brand-name cigarettes on the second-hand trading platform. In addition, there are some three-no e-cigarettes. Some citizens said that counterfeit e-cigarettes were purchased on the platform. Yesterday, the Beijing Morning Post reporter found that most cigarettes and e-cigarettes sold online did not have purchase vouchers, so it was impossible to verify the authenticity. According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Tobacco Monopoly Licenses, online sales of tobacco are prohibited. The customer service said that it had been informed and would handle it.
Tobacco went to the second-hand platform.
According to Mr. Li, he bought a "hard Chinese" cigarette on the second-hand trading platform Xianyu. com, and the price was much cheaper than that of the retail store. "Stores are generally more than 600 yuan, and online sales are only more than 300 yuan, which is cheaper than duty-free shops." This made him feel excited, and at the same time he doubted whether the smoke was true or not.
The reporter entered keywords such as "China" and "Yuxi" on the Internet, and immediately displayed the sales information of hundreds of merchants. Some merchants mark the price of cigarettes. A hard Chinese cigarette only needs 200 yuan, which is several hundred yuan cheaper than a cigarette store. The reporter’s investigation found that the cigarettes sold on the platform are brand-name cigarettes. The reporter saw that a seller registered in Chaoyang District sold Chinese cigarettes in 300 yuan. Although many people make inquiries and consultations under cigarettes, the real transaction volume shows zero.
There is no receipt for selling e-cigarettes
In the investigation, the reporter found that not only cigarettes are sold on the second-hand platform of idle fish, but also a wide variety of electronic cigarettes are sold. The reporter saw on the Internet that the merchants posted photos of these e-cigarettes on the Internet, and other information was incomplete. On the packaging of some e-cigarettes, there are no relevant certificates such as production licenses, which belong to three no products. Mr. Liu, who once bought an e-cigarette on a second-hand platform, told reporters that the e-cigarette he bought was very inferior, and the cigarette holder was also broken, so there was no way to use it. "The seller also sold me 120 yuan. I saw in the small commodity wholesale market that only the same quality was sold to 35 yuan, which was really cheated."
In addition, the reporter asked a number of sellers to provide vouchers at the time of purchase, and the sellers’ answers were "not kept". A seller said that there is no way to prove whether the tobacco sold is genuine, and it can only be verified after buying it back. "This is second-hand, who can keep the receipt for you?".
Cigarettes are banned online.
The reporter learned that according to China’s "Measures for the Administration of Tobacco Monopoly Licenses", "except for enterprises that have obtained tobacco monopoly production enterprise licenses and tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise licenses, any individual, legal representative or other organization may not sell tobacco monopoly products through information networks, so online cigarette shops are illegal." At present, the customer service of the idle fish second-hand platform indicates that the situation has been registered and will be handled.
The staff of the R&D Center of Beijing Tobacco Bureau reminded the public that buying tobacco products online is harmful, and everyone must not buy cigarettes online for petty gain. In addition, if a citizen finds someone selling tobacco products illegally, he can call 12313 to report it.
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Reporter Zhang Jingya