Smoore International Holdings Limited's (06969) share price continued to climb, rising nearly 9 per cent in the afternoon, Zhitong Financial APP learned. As of press time, it rose 8.21% to HK $18.18, with a turnover of HK $262 million.

On the news side, recently, e-cigarette retail layout plans have been released in many places across the country. Up to now, more than 20 provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous regions and separate cities have announced the number of e-cigarette retail licenses in their regions. According to incomplete statistics, more than 40, 000 e-cigarette retail licenses have been planned in China, of which Jiangsu ranks first with 5057 licenses. In addition, according to officials, the national unified e-cigarette trading management platform was launched on June 15.