Is there an expiration date on cigarettes?

Do the cigarettes you smoke have an expiration date?

It seems to be a common practice in this special industry that cigarettes are not marked with shelf life or production date. Legal professionals believe that regulations cannot replace the law, and cigarette consumers cannot always be in a state of severe information asymmetry and give up their rights in the face of regulations.

Now when we get a pack of cigarettes, the only information we can get about the contents of the cigarettes is the type of cigarette, the amount of tar in the cigarette, the amount of nicotine in the smoke, etc., as well as warning slogans about the harmful effects of smoking on health, but Only there is no information related to the interests of consumers such as the production date and shelf life of cigarettes. Although cigarettes are not food or medicine, they are a commodity in themselves. For commodities, marking the production date, shelf life, or further speaking, marking the storage conditions of cigarettes and the ingredients of cigarettes are all things that a commodity must convey to the public. Consumer information. Cigarettes are already labeled as smoking is harmful to health, so will cigarettes that have expired have a greater impact on health?

There are strict requirements for storing cigarettes. The temperature should be controlled at about 4 degrees Celsius and the humidity should be maintained at 60%. Generally, it is best not to store cigarettes for more than two years. But in reality, we see that cigarettes in many cigarette sales stores are stored at room temperature regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are even shops selling recycled cigarettes. Smokers can only tell whether cigarettes have deteriorated by opening the package and smelling it, or smoking one. Cigarettes are generally non-refundable after they are sold. Can cigarettes circumvent relevant laws?

Article 15 of the "Product Quality Law" clearly stipulates that products with limited use period should be marked with the production date and safe use period. Although cigarettes are a special commodity, the Product Quality Law applies not only to general commodities, but also to the production and sale of cigarettes. However, the Tobacco Monopoly Law does not require cigarette manufacturers to mark the production date, shelf life and factory address on the outer packaging of their cigarettes. This reflects from one aspect the imperfection of our country’s legal system.

It is by no means a trivial matter that a small pack of cigarettes is not marked with shelf life, production date and other relevant information. It is related to the rights and interests of consumers and the issue of business integrity. Can many cigarette manufacturers print the shelf life, production date, and storage conditions on cigarette packaging boxes for consumers? We don’t want to be blind payers anymore.