Is it illegal to roll your own cigarettes and smoke yourself?

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-01-30

Whether it is illegal to roll your own cigarettes and smoke by yourself needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

Netizen consultation:

Is it illegal to roll your own cigarettes and smoke yourself?

Lawyer answers:

The act of rolling or smoking cigarettes by oneself is not an illegal act, and there is no prohibition in the law. However, it is illegal for any citizen to sell tobacco without permission, and it is illegal for China to operate without permission under the monopoly system.

What are the application conditions for the tobacco monopoly retail license.

1. Have an independent and fixed business place, and need to provide a housing lease contract or housing property right certificate;

2. Meet the requirements of the reasonable layout of the retail store stipulated by the relevant departments of the local tobacco monopoly;

3. The applicant has the funds to operate the retail business of tobacco products;

4. Apply for other conditions announced by the local tobacco monopoly department, and have legal and valid identity documents.

[Legal basis].

Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 19 Cigarettes, cigars and packaged tobacco must apply for trademark registration, and shall not be produced or sold without approval for registration. It is forbidden to produce or sell tobacco products that counterfeit the registered trademarks of others.

Author: Fa Que Consulting.

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