煙草在線據(jù)《愛(ài)爾蘭獨(dú)立報(bào)》報(bào)道編譯　　愛(ài)爾蘭政府必須指派一個(gè)限制煙草業(yè)利潤(rùn)、并為國(guó)庫(kù)每年帶來(lái)大約1.5億歐元收入的管理機(jī)構(gòu)。

　　11月8日，愛(ài)爾蘭心臟基金會(huì)和愛(ài)爾蘭癌癥協(xié)會(huì)在概述各自向愛(ài)爾蘭議會(huì)健康與兒童聯(lián)合委員會(huì)提交的預(yù)算前意見書時(shí)，發(fā)出了這個(gè)呼吁。

　　這個(gè)管理機(jī)構(gòu)要限制煙草公司可以賺取的利潤(rùn)金額，同時(shí)，多賺的利潤(rùn)部分要交給國(guó)家。

　　愛(ài)爾蘭心臟基金會(huì)的宣傳領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人克里斯·麥凱說(shuō)，這個(gè)制度“對(duì)其他產(chǎn)業(yè)已經(jīng)有效地發(fā)揮了作用?！?/p>

　　他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“這將意味著煙草制造商投入到消除營(yíng)銷障礙的技巧、公共關(guān)系機(jī)構(gòu)和其他旨在破壞政府減少吸煙率的工作行動(dòng)方面的資金會(huì)減少。”

　　他說(shuō)，即使愛(ài)爾蘭的卷煙價(jià)格要低于英國(guó)的卷煙價(jià)格，但煙草業(yè)在愛(ài)爾蘭所賺的利潤(rùn)要高于在歐洲其他國(guó)家所賺的利潤(rùn)。

　　他估計(jì)，1.5億歐元就夠支付額外的4167名護(hù)士、2853名新小學(xué)教師、5480名新招募的愛(ài)爾蘭警察、7188名新招聘的特殊需要助理、165000天額外的醫(yī)院床位，或100臺(tái)新核磁共振掃描儀的工資或費(fèi)用。

　　在愛(ài)爾蘭，政府將每包卷煙價(jià)格的大約79%作為稅收提走，價(jià)格的其余部分則作為煙草業(yè)的收入。

　　“在英國(guó)，政府將每包卷煙價(jià)格的大約90%抽走，只給煙草業(yè)留下小得多的利潤(rùn)額。按貨幣來(lái)計(jì)算，煙草業(yè)每包卷煙在愛(ài)爾蘭所能賺到的錢要比在英國(guó)能賺到的錢大約多1歐元?！?/p>

　　愛(ài)爾蘭癌癥協(xié)會(huì)的執(zhí)行理事約翰·麥克柯麥克說(shuō)，在過(guò)去10年里，大卷煙品牌在英國(guó)要比在愛(ài)爾蘭貴——按目前的匯率，在英國(guó)每包9.3歐元，而在愛(ài)爾蘭，每包為9.2歐元。

　　“現(xiàn)在，英國(guó)的走私率已經(jīng)從21%下降到了9%——比愛(ài)爾蘭走私率的一半還少。”

　　他說(shuō)：“為切斷使年輕吸煙者數(shù)量增加的便宜卷煙的供應(yīng)，高走私率的問(wèn)題必須要解決。海關(guān)最近流失了數(shù)百名員工，愛(ài)爾蘭警方的壓力也同樣很大，因此，我們必須給愛(ài)爾蘭海關(guān)和警方提供對(duì)付走私的人力物力，同時(shí)，法院里也要有嚴(yán)明的法官?！?/p>

Ireland: Campaigners Call for New Tobacco Industry Regulator

　　THE Government needs to appoint a regulator to limit the profits of the tobacco industry and generate around €150m a year for the Exchequer.

　　The call was made today by the Irish Heart Foundation and the Irish Cancer Society when they outlined their pre-Budget submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children.

　　The regulator would limit the amount of profit tobacco companies can make and any additional surplus made would have to go to the State.

　　Chris Macey, the Irish Heart Foundation's head of advocacy, said this system has "worked effectively for other industries".

　　He added: "It would mean the tobacco manufacturers had less money to invest in smooth marketing techniques, public relations agencies and other initiatives aimed at undermining the Government's efforts to reduce the smoking rate."

　　He said the tobacco industry is earning higher profits in Ireland than in other European countries, even though the price of packet of cigarettes is cheaper here than in the UK.

　　He estimated that €150m would cover the wages of 4,167 extra nurses, 4,853 new primary school teachers, 5,480 new Garda recruits, 7,188 new special needs assistants; 165,000 extra hospital bed days, or 100 new MRI scanners.

　　In Ireland, the Government has been taking about 79pc of the price of a packet of cigarettes in tax and the rest of the price goes to the tobacco industry.

　　"In the UK, the Government has taken about 90pc of the price of a packet of cigarettes, leaving the tobacco industry with a much smaller profit margin. In monetary terms, the tobacco industry has been earning roughly €1 more per packet of cigarettes in Ireland than it does in the UK."

　　John McCormack, chief executive of the Irish Cancer Society said over the last 10 years, major brand cigarettes are now more expensive than in Ireland - more than €9.30 at current exchange rates, compared to €9.20 here.

　　"In this time the UK smuggling rate has fallen from 21pc to 9pc - less than half the rate here."

　　He said:"High smuggling rates must be tackled to cut off the supply of cheap tobacco that is increasing numbers of young smokers. We must give Customs, which has lost hundreds of staff in recent years, and the similarly hard-pressed Garda, the manpower and equipment, along with the tough justice in the courts, required to deal with smuggling." Enditem