Although tobacco use among Chinese middle school students has decreased in recent years, the number of electronic cigarette smokers     1     (double).

Despite being called     2     “safer alternative” to smoking, e-cigarettes contain nicotine, which is highly addictive and leads to many health issues, cancer     3     (include).

The newly revised Law on the Protection of Minors (未成年人),     4     will take effect on June 1st , 2021, includes     5     (policy) regarding electronic cigarettes for the first time. It forbids the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. Also, it bans     6     (set) up cigarette stores near schools and places where minors are present     7     large numbers.

The new law     8     (expect) to be a powerful legal weapon protecting the youth and will     9     (fundamental) solve the problem of tobacco sales to minors. Compared with the previous version, the new law lists clearer punishment rules to certain violations. Stores selling cigarettes to the minors will be fined up to 5,000 yuan     10     even risk getting their business license canceled.