Tobacco Asia

Tobacco Asia 41 www.nicotineusp.com sales@nicotineusp.com NICOTINE IN ITS PUREST FORM exporter of e-cigarettes. The following year saw the invention of innovations such as nicotine salt e-liquids and advanced closed-systems devices, as well as the first IECIE exhibition. The need for clear standards for e-cigarettes and e-liquids was long recognized by the indus- try by then, and in 2016 the E-Cigarette/Atomizing Liquid Products General Technical Requirement, drafted by Hangsen and Feellife, was published under the supervision of deputy director Lu Jian of Bao'an District Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. In 2017, SECA and SECIA merged under the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce as the Electronic Cigarette Professional Committee (ECCC). This group would go on to promote the legalization and standardization of the industry, and in December that year released two sets of standards - the General Specifications for Electronic Cigarette Devices and Specifications for Electronic Ciga- rette Liquids. The following year saw the establishment of RELX, leading to explosive growth for the do- mestic e-cigarette market. Overseas, Altria Group acquired a 35% stake in Juul Labs. E-cigarettes were firmly in the crosshairs of US regulators in 2019, with the devices initially be- ing blamed for EVALI lung illnesses. It was later proven that the cause of the illnesses was not e- cigarettes but rather vitamin E acetate that was il- legally added to THC e-liquids, but the absolution of e-cigarettes was much less announced by offi- cials or mainstream media. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also finally announced the premarket tobacco product application process for e-cigarette and e-liquids to be legally sold in the US market. That same year, Chinese regulators an- nounced that online sales of e-cigarette products China's e-cigarette industry continuously developed and introduced innovative e-cigarette products over the past two decades.

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