煙草在線據(jù)墨爾本《先驅(qū)太陽報(bào)》報(bào)道編譯　　澳大利亞競(jìng)爭(zhēng)和消費(fèi)委員會(huì)（ACCC）警告店主，不要因卷煙價(jià)格大幅上漲而責(zé)怪煙稅。

　　聯(lián)邦政府上周（1.28-2.3）把每包卷煙稅提高了11至28澳分。

　　但吸煙者聯(lián)系《先驅(qū)太陽報(bào)》稱，每包的卷煙價(jià)格上漲了多達(dá)2.40澳元。

　　澳大利亞競(jìng)爭(zhēng)和消費(fèi)委員會(huì)證實(shí)它收到了指控。它表示，企業(yè)可自由設(shè)定它們自己的價(jià)格，但它們不應(yīng)該把這歸咎于消費(fèi)稅的變化。

　　助理財(cái)務(wù)總監(jiān)戴維·布拉德伯里辦公室稱，如果消費(fèi)者認(rèn)為企業(yè)錯(cuò)誤地把卷煙價(jià)格上漲與消費(fèi)稅變化聯(lián)系起來，他們應(yīng)該向澳大利亞競(jìng)爭(zhēng)和消費(fèi)委員會(huì)熱線1300 302 502報(bào)告。

Australia: ACCC Warns Shopkeepers over Cigarette Tax Rip-offs

　　THE ACCC has warned shopkeepers not to blame taxes for a sharp increase in cigarette prices.

　　The Federal Government last week increased the tax on cigarettes by between 11c and 28c a packet.

　　But smokers contacted the Herald Sun to report that prices had risen by as much as $2.40 a pack.

　　The ACCC confirmed it had received complaints. It said businesses were free to set their own prices, but they must not blame the excise changes.

　　Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury's office said if a consumer believed a business was falsely linking a price rise with excise change, they should report it to the ACCC hotline on 1300 302 502. Enditem