Are cigarette vending machines legal?

Recently, many customers have asked whether vending machines can sell cigarettes. Can vending machines sell electronic cigarettes? This time the author will explain whether the vending machine can sell cigarettes. I wrote an article before 'Can vending machines sell cigarettes?' In fact, cigarettes cannot be sold according to our national law! According to Article 40 of the 'Administrative Measures for Tobacco Monopoly Licenses,' citizens, legal persons or other organizations are not allowed to use automatic vending machines to sell tobacco products. At the same time, Article 37 of the Law on the Protection of Minors of the People's Republic of China prohibits the sale of tobacco and alcohol to minors. Using vending machines to sell tobacco products will not be able to identify whether the purchaser is a minor. The administrative department of tobacco monopoly will supervise and inspect whether the license holder is legally operating. If the holder uses a vending machine to sell cigarettes, he will be ordered to suspend the tobacco monopoly business and carry out rectification. If the circumstances are serious, he will be cancelled from engaging in tobacco products. Retail qualifications, retail licenses will be withdrawn. Article 38 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China. Where the reselling of tobacco monopoly products constitutes the crime of speculation, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with law; if the circumstances are minor and do not constitute a crime, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall confiscate the reselled tobacco monopoly products and illegal income, and it may A fine was imposed. Article 40: If the smuggling of tobacco monopoly products constitutes the crime of smuggling, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the supplementary provisions on punishing the crime of smuggling; if the amount of smuggling tobacco monopoly products is not large and does not constitute the crime of smuggling, the smuggled goods, articles and illegal activities shall be confiscated by the customs Income can be fined concurrently. In other words, selling cigarettes is illegal and is not recommended. So can the vending machine be an e-cigarette? As a rising product, electronic cigarettes are favored by many people in China. But the country also stipulates that vending machines cannot sell electronic cigarettes! The author wrote an article 'The smoking ban is upgraded, vending machines cannot sell e-cigarettes!' 》E-cigarettes are also gradually being integrated into cigarette control. Vending machines cannot sell cigarettes and electronic cigarettes!