Online sellers giving kids a nasty habit

ACCORDING TO the Tobacco Monopoly Law, only adults are allowed to buy cigarettes and only authorized retailers are allowed to sell them. Yet parents in different cities across the country have complained to the media about how easy it is for children to purchase cigarettes online. Sznews.com commented on Monday:

It is illegal to sell cigarettes through e-commerce channels, and selling tobacco to juveniles also breaks the law. Yet it seems that has not hindered vendors on e-commerce platforms from selling cigarettes to underage smokers.

Several days after media reports about the problem, tobacco sellers are still active on the internet, and it seems neither the e-commerce platform companies - some are big names in the industry - nor the industrial and commercial administrative departments have acted to put a stop to their illegal activities.