煙草在線據(jù)《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道編譯　　據(jù)國(guó)會(huì)的報(bào)告稱(chēng)，英國(guó)贏得了抵制針對(duì)可憐的吸煙者和兒童以及拒交國(guó)庫(kù)稅收的煙草走私者的斗爭(zhēng)。

　　2000年，吸食的五分之一的卷煙來(lái)自黑市。據(jù)吸煙與健康的所有議會(huì)團(tuán)體關(guān)于非法煙草貿(mào)易的報(bào)道，到2010-2011年，走私者的卷煙市場(chǎng)份額已降至9%。

　　國(guó)會(huì)議員小組和相關(guān)小組的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，同期，源于走私者的英國(guó)手卷煙草的市場(chǎng)份額從60%下降到38%。

　　報(bào)告稱(chēng)，英國(guó)稅務(wù)及海關(guān)總署和英國(guó)邊境署采取的聯(lián)合行動(dòng)，已經(jīng)打亂了走私者努力引進(jìn)和分銷(xiāo)他們產(chǎn)品的工作，因?yàn)楹匣锘锇橛挟?dāng)?shù)氐木礻?duì)伍、議會(huì)和國(guó)民保健服務(wù)組織。

　　自由民主黨議員小組主席斯蒂芬·威廉姆斯表示，這種成功反駁了該行業(yè)聲稱(chēng)在英國(guó)對(duì)它們產(chǎn)品征收高稅收促進(jìn)了非法煙草供應(yīng)的說(shuō)法。

　　他說(shuō)，制造商聲稱(chēng)，迫使卷煙在標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化包裝內(nèi)銷(xiāo)售會(huì)增加非法貿(mào)易是“自私的，有時(shí)看似是虛偽的行業(yè)游說(shuō)”。

　　國(guó)會(huì)議員稱(chēng)，歐盟同大煙草公司簽訂的減少走私的法律協(xié)議，也有助于減少走私產(chǎn)品。

　　他們的報(bào)告強(qiáng)調(diào)，在英國(guó)以前非常容易獲得黑市煙草，一定程度上是由于制造商故意出口高于其他國(guó)家想要數(shù)量的卷煙，知道很多卷煙將會(huì)被走私回英國(guó)。

　　癌癥研究中心的英國(guó)政策主管莎拉·伍爾諾夫說(shuō)：“這份報(bào)告進(jìn)一步證明，在制定旨在減少吸煙的毀滅性影響的衛(wèi)生政策方面，不應(yīng)該聽(tīng)取煙草行業(yè)的意見(jiàn)?！?/p>

　　煙草制造商協(xié)會(huì)聲稱(chēng)，最近的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，“英國(guó)未納稅卷煙的消費(fèi)稅水平已經(jīng)從2011年的17%增加到了2012年的21%，”上周（3.17-3.23）來(lái)自預(yù)算責(zé)任辦公室的數(shù)字顯示，政府預(yù)計(jì)在2012-2013年收到的煙草稅收不足2億英鎊。

　　協(xié)會(huì)的發(fā)言人聲稱(chēng)調(diào)查有偏見(jiàn)，因?yàn)樗鼪](méi)有給煙草業(yè)召開(kāi)一個(gè)公平的聽(tīng)證會(huì)，也沒(méi)有提及煙草公司對(duì)減少走私的貢獻(xiàn)。

Tobacco Smugglers Losing UK Market Share

　　Britain is winning the war against tobacco smugglers who target cheap cigarettes at poor smokers and children and deny the Treasury revenue, according to a parliamentary report.

　　In 2000, one in five of cigarettes smoked came from the black market. But by 2010-11 traffickers' share of the cigarette market had fallen to 9%, according to the report on the illicit tobacco trade by the all parliamentary group on smoking and health.

　　Over the same period, the share of the UK's hand-rolled tobacco market originating with smugglers fell from 60% to 38%, an inquiry by the group of MPs and peers found.

　　Joint action by HM Revenue & Customs and the UK Border Agency has disrupted smugglers' efforts to bring in and distribute their products, as have partnerships involving local police forces, councils and NHS organisations, the report says.

　　Stephen Williams, the Liberal Democrat MP who chairs the group, said the success disproved the industry's claims that high taxes on their products in the UK boosted the supply of illegal tobacco.

　　He said manufacturers' claims that forcing cigarettes to be sold in standardised packaging would increase the illicit trade were "self-interested and at times seemingly disingenuous industry lobbying".

　　Legal agreements the EU has concluded with the big cigarette firms to reduce trafficking has also helped make fewer available, the parliamentarians say.

　　Their report highlights how the previously easy availability of black market tobacco in the UK was partly due to producers deliberately exporting more cigarettes than were wanted to other countries, knowing that many would be smuggled back into Britain.

　　Sarah Woolnough, Cancer Research UK's policy director, said: "This report is further evidence that the tobacco industry should not be listened to when developing health policies aimed at reducing the devastating impact of smoking."

　　The Tobacco Manufacturers Association claimed that more recent data showed that "the level of cigarettes consumed that are not UK tax paid has risen from 17% in 2011 to 21% in 2012" and that figures from the Office of Budget Responsibility last week showed the government expected to receive ￡200m less in tobacco revenue in 2012-13.

　　A spokesman for the association claimed the inquiry was biased because it had not given a fair hearing to the industry and did not mention firms' contributions to reducing smuggling. Enditem