China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has issued a regulation that aims to strengthen supervision on e-cigarettes, reports Xinhua.

In recent years, the e-cigarette industry has seen disorderly development due to regulatory gaps, with some products reporting problems such as unclear nicotine content, unknown additives and leakage of tobacco tar, the document said.
Under the regulation, sales channel management on e-cigarettes will be carried out, while an e-cigarette trading management platform will be established to standardize sales. E-cigarette outlets will not be allowed to be set up near schools and flavoured e-cigarettes will be banned.
Efforts will be made to regulate e-cigarettes in terms of product safety and quality, as well as transportation, import and export, the regulation further stated.