Recently, a new game has appeared among primary school students in some places - playing "cigarette cards". A "cigarette card" is cut out of a cigarette box and is part of a cigarette product. The popularity of the "cigarette card" game and the hidden concerns behind it have aroused widespread concern in the society.
Why do elementary school students like to play "cigarette cards"? What should parents and schools do?
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In the past two months, every time after school, I can always see primary school students gathering in groups of three or five, lying on the ground to play "cigarette cards" for one to two hours, and cheers from time to time.
The "cigarette card" played by elementary school students is made of discarded cigarette boxes, tear off the lid of the cigarette box, fold it into a rectangular card, put it on the ground, and tap the ground with an empty palm.
The reporter learned that according to the price of cigarettes and the degree of market circulation, the "cigarette card" is divided into different grades, and the current "best" is the white version of "and the world" (cigarette name).
So, where do these "cigarette cards" come from? The reporter's investigation learned that the "cigarette card" comes from a variety of sources, some are to collect cigarette boxes at home, some are to ask parents to buy cigarette boxes or run to the trash can to rummage through discarded cigarette boxes, and even buy cigarette boxes in stores around the school and online. In addition, some parents said that some children will buy their own cigarettes and play a "cigarette card" after smoking.
Shops around elementary schools sell "cigarette cards"
E-commerce platforms are difficult to supervise
The reporter visited some shops around primary schools and found that many stores were selling "cigarette cards", generally one yuan a pack, including about 10 cigarette cards. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of some local departments.
In Shangrao, Xinyu, Ganzhou and other places in Jiangxi, market supervision and law enforcement departments took action to check the commissaries and shops around the schools, seized some cigarette card products, and reminded shop operators not to sell tobacco and tobacco products to minors.
Physical stores are easy to manage, but online shopping platforms lack relevant supervision. The reporter searched on the online shopping platform and found that there are not a few shops selling "cigarette cards". The top merchants sell an average of more than 100,000 tickets, and there is no age limit for purchase.
When many merchants sell cigarette cards wholesale, they will mark the words "rare", "boutique" and "out of print". A package of 500 cigarette cards of various types can cost hundreds of yuan. On some short video platforms, some self-media bloggers also "bring goods" for cigarette cards.
Mainland law has long made it clear that it is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors.
- "Cigarette cards" are cut out of cigarette packs and are part of cigarette products, and according to the Law on the Protection of Minors, any products containing tobacco trademarks and logos are not allowed to be sold to minors.
- According to the relevant provisions of the Tobacco Monopoly Law, merchants are not allowed to resell the cigarette caps cut from waste cigarette packs; Printing and selling the trademark of a tobacco manufacturer without permission is suspected of infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of the registered trademark holder and is an infringement.
Why are primary school students obsessed with playing cigarette card games?
So, why are primary school students obsessed with playing the "cigarette card" game? According to expert analysis, the popularity of the "cigarette card" game is because it meets the psychological demands of primary school students for games and socialization, and has similarities with card collection and card games.
- Children are curious and love to imitate. The smell left on the cigarette pack is no less than secondhand smoke, which may make your child addicted to smoking.
- From a psychological point of view, taking cigarette cards will make children have a gambling mentality, and they will spend a lot of time collecting cigarette cards every day.
- In addition, it will also let children understand cigarettes, as well as the brand, price, taste, etc. of cigarettes too early.
The spread of the "cigarette card" game has also caused many parents to worry. In order to guide students to correctly understand the potential harm of cigarette cards, some schools have held themed class meetings, and some schools have set up a variety of interest courses to consciously guide children to go outdoors and participate in activities that are beneficial to physical and mental health such as badminton and football.
"Blocking" is not as good as "sparse", and correctly guiding students to play healthy games requires the joint efforts of parents, schools and society.
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