Will e-cigarettes completely replace cigarettes in the future?

In 20021year, the e-cigarette market in China was close to 20 billion yuan.

It has been nearly 20 years since the birth of e-cigarettes, but it has only been nearly 5 years since the minority subculture entered the public life. With the recent release of various regulatory policies, the e-cigarette industry in China has also reached an important historical node. 202 1 12 17, at the 5th international e-cigarette industry summit forum, the e-cigarette industry media rolling think tank and china electronic chamber of commerce e-cigarette industry committee released the e-cigarette industry blue book 202 1. According to the data in "Blue Book of E-cigarette Industry 202 1", the market size of e-cigarette industry in China reached 654.38+09.7 billion yuan in 20021year, up 36% year-on-year.

There are nearly190,000 e-cigarette retail formats in China.

20 1 9110/0/month1,the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and the State Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the Notice on Further Protecting Minors from E-cigarettes, explicitly prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes through e-commerce platforms, clients and other online marketing channels. Therefore, the operation of offline stores has become the only choice for e-cigarette manufacturers.

According to the data in the blue book, by the end of 20021,the number of e-cigarette retail stores in China had reached 19000, including about 47500 specialty stores operating a brand.

According to the data in the Blue Book, by the end of 20021,the number of e-cigarette retail outlets in China had reached 19000, of which the number of authorized stores was about 13000, the number of collective stores was 500-700, and the number of specialty stores was the least, with 47455 nationwide.

Most retail stores are located in economically developed areas.

Judging from the regional distribution of China's e-cigarette retail outlets, at the end of 20021,China's e-cigarette retail outlets were mostly distributed in the southeast coast and economically developed areas. Among them, Guangdong Province has the largest number of e-cigarette retail outlets, and it is also the only province in China with more than 5,000 e-cigarette retail outlets. At the end of 20021,there were 5045 e-cigarette retail outlets in Guangdong province.

Chengdu has the largest number of e-cigarette retail stores.

At the end of 20021,Chengdu had the largest number of e-cigarette retail outlets in cities across the country, with 17 12 e-cigarette retail outlets. Followed by 1547 in Beijing and 1384 in Shanghai. Shenzhen, located in Guangdong Province with the largest number of retail outlets, ranked fourth, with 202 1 e-cigarette retail outlets 1 157 at the end of the year.

—— For more research and analysis of this industry, please refer to the analysis report "Development Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning of China Electronic Cigarette Industry" of Forward-looking Industry Research Institute.