Caterers can sell cigarettes after obtaining a tobacco monopoly license.

According to Article 16 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, any enterprise or individual operating a retail business of tobacco products shall be examined and approved for the issuance of a tobacco monopoly retail license by the industry and commerce administration department of the people's government at the county level on the basis of a commission from the tobacco monopoly administrative department of the next higher level. Where a county-level administrative department for tobacco monopoly has been established, the county-level administrative department for tobacco monopoly may also examine and approve the issuance of tobacco monopoly retail licenses.

Expanded Information:

Article 32 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) states that anyone who operates a tobacco products retail business without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the operation of the tobacco products retail business, and the illegal income shall be confiscated. illegal income, and impose a fine.

Article 33 Anyone who produces or sells cigarettes, cigarillos or packaged tobacco without a registered trademark shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the production or sale, and shall be fined. The production and sale of tobacco products counterfeiting the registered trademarks of others, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall order the cessation of infringing behavior, compensation for the losses of the infringer, and may impose a fine; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.

China.gov.cn - Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China