Chinese e-cigarette requirements

On March 11, 2022, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued the "Measures for the Administration of Electronic Cigarettes", which will be implemented from May 1, 2022.http://www.tobacco.gov.cn/gjyc/tzgg/202203/ff793b5fb00e4308a28f4b8aa618e803.shtml
 
On April 8, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration jointly issued the national standard "GB 41700-2022 Electronic Cigarettes", which will be implemented on October 1, 2022.
 
The specific requirements of GB 41700-2022 are as follows:

category	clause	project	test method	requirement
Smoking set	4.1.1.1	General safety design	GB 4706.1
	4.1.1.2	EMC	GB 4343.1
	5.1.1	Anti filling	Visual inspection
	5.1.2	Anti leakage liquid	Place it on the absorbent paper meeting the requirements of GB / T 1540 in the most unfavorable direction for at least 6h. Visual inspection.
	5.1.3	Boot protection	Confirm whether it has relevant functions according to the product manual	Child-resistant accidental activation
	5.1.4	Atomization area temperature	Appendix B of GB 41700	should not be higher than 350℃
	5.1.5	water proof	Section 14.2.4 of GB/T 4208-2017	Chapter 6 IPX4
	5.1.6	Pressure relief safety	Section 6.1.6 of GB 41700
	5.1.7	drop strength	Section 6.1.7 in GB 41700
Aerosols	5.2.1	Nicotine	Liquid GB/T 41701, solid YC/T 559	The concentration is not higher than 20mg/g, and the total amount is not higher than 200mg
	5.2.2	2,3-butanedione	GB 41700 Appendix C	≤22.0 mg/kg
		Heavy metals (as Pb)	GB 5009.74	≤10 mg/kg
		Arsenic (as As)	GB 5009.11-2014Article 1 The First Law	≤3 mg/kg
Release	5.3.1	Nicotine (Triplicate Average)	GB 41700 Appendix D and E	≤0.2mg/puff
	5.3.2	formaldehyde	GB 41700 Appendix D and F	≤7.0 μg/puff
		Acetaldehyde		≤30.0 μg/puff
		Acrolein		≤5.0 μg/puff
		2,3-Butanedione		≤2.5 μg/puff
Material Science	4.1.2.1	FCM (materials that come into contact with oral cavity, vaping and e-cigarette emissions)	GB 4806.1 GB 4806.3~GB 4806.11
	4.1.2.2	ROHS (materials that do not come into contact with mouth, vaping and e-cigarette emissions)	GB/T 26572
	4.2.1	Lithium-ion cells and battery packs	SJ/T 11796
	4.2.2.1.1	Nicotine		Purity not less than 99%
		essence	GB 30616-2020
	4.2.2.2.1	PG	GB 29216
	4.2.2.2.2	VG	GB 29950
	4.2.2.2.3	water	GB 5749
	4.2.2.3	Atomizer Additives		The allowable additives and the maximum use amount in the atomized materials shall be in accordance with Appendix A