1. Retailing cigarettes without a license only violates the Tobacco Monopoly Law and its implementing regulations, and may impose a fine of 20-50% on the cigarettes involved.

Second, if you sell real cigarettes in large quantities without a license (generally more than 50,000 yuan, less than 1.5 million yuan), you can say that you are engaged in wholesale business without a license, and you will also be fined. Refer to the above.

Third, if it is selling fake cigarettes, it is only a small amount, just confiscated. There is no need to pay a fine, just sell cigarettes.

Fourth, if you sell fake cigarettes to a certain amount, you will be detained and sentenced to as much as the amount!

Unlicensed business is very simple, as long as it is not in a conspicuous position, it doesn't matter if it is put on the shelf or on the counter.

The analysis is as follows:

1, the state manages tobacco wholesale and retail separately;

2. For those who engage in the wholesale business of tobacco products without the license of tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprises, the department of tobacco monopoly administration shall order them to close or stop the wholesale business of tobacco products, confiscate their illegal income, and impose a fine of more than 50% 1 times the value of illegal wholesale tobacco products;

3. Whoever engages in the retail business of tobacco products without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the retail business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine of more than 20% and less than 50% of the total illegal business.

4. Legal basis:

(1) Article 33 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law. Anyone who engages in the wholesale business of tobacco products without the license of a tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise shall be ordered by the department of tobacco monopoly administration to close or stop the wholesale business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine.

Article 35 Whoever engages in the retail business of tobacco products without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the retail business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine.

(II) Regulations for the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law Article 56 In accordance with the provisions of Article 33 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law, those who engage in the wholesale business of tobacco products without obtaining the license of the tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprise shall be ordered by the department of tobacco monopoly administration to close or stop the wholesale business of tobacco products, their illegal income shall be confiscated, and a fine of not less than 50% but not more than 100% of the value of the illegally wholesale tobacco products shall be imposed.

Article 60 Whoever engages in the retail business of tobacco products without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce or the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the retail business of tobacco products according to the opinions of the tobacco monopoly administrative department, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine of more than 20% and less than 50% of the total illegal business.