The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection launched an investigation into a senior official in the tobacco industry over the weekend. According to reports, the official was in charge of several departments, including the Development Planning Department, the Financial Management and Audit Department, and the office of the E-cigarette Supervision and Management Leadership Group. Reports also mentioned that the official recently participated in research conducted by the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Hebei Province and listened to reports on the work situation. This incident comes one month after the former head of the National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Ling Chengxing, was expelled from the party.