煙草在線據(jù)波蘭廣播電臺(tái)報(bào)道編譯　　波蘭政府反對(duì)歐盟的一項(xiàng)試圖禁止薄荷煙和細(xì)長卷煙的指令草案。

　　波蘭衛(wèi)生部的發(fā)言人Krzysztof Bak在接受波蘭廣播電臺(tái)的采訪時(shí)說：“波蘭不會(huì)支持關(guān)于煙草的指令草案?！?/p>

　　他補(bǔ)充說：“我們會(huì)考慮后果?！?/p>

　　波蘭衛(wèi)生部接到過指示，要準(zhǔn)備一份概括波蘭政府關(guān)于這個(gè)問題立場(chǎng)的文件，但必須采納農(nóng)業(yè)部、財(cái)政部和經(jīng)濟(jì)部的意見。

　　盡管波蘭衛(wèi)生部提到波蘭每年有90000人因與吸煙有關(guān)的疾病死亡，但事實(shí)證明，其他部委的意見起到了決定性作用。

　　農(nóng)業(yè)部概述說，波蘭是歐盟最大的煙草產(chǎn)品出口國。

　　從這些出口產(chǎn)品獲得的收入，總計(jì)占從所有農(nóng)業(yè)和食品相關(guān)產(chǎn)品獲得收入的36%。

　　與此同時(shí)，2012年的煙草產(chǎn)品預(yù)算稅收總計(jì)達(dá)到2000萬茲羅提（470萬歐元）。

　　2012年12月，在歐洲委員會(huì)通過了關(guān)于這項(xiàng)指令的提案之后，波蘭煙農(nóng)和卷煙制造商給波蘭總理唐納德·圖斯克寫了一封信，要求政府反對(duì)這項(xiàng)立法。

　　波蘭新聞社引用波蘭煙草協(xié)會(huì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人Przemys?aw Noworyta在信中所寫的話說：“波蘭煙農(nóng)將會(huì)受到損害，關(guān)閉眾多的煙草種植園以及訂單的減少，將意味著企業(yè)中出現(xiàn)大量裁員?！?/p>

　　據(jù)《歐洲政治日?qǐng)?bào)》引用歐盟衛(wèi)生與消費(fèi)政策專員Tonio Borg的話說，這項(xiàng)指令草案的目的，“是遏制青年人開始吸煙”。

　　除了禁止被認(rèn)為“太有吸引力”的卷煙之外，這項(xiàng)指令草案還試圖確保卷煙煙盒上帶有的健康警語要覆蓋每個(gè)煙盒正面的75%。

　　波蘭農(nóng)業(yè)部呼吁政府組建一個(gè)反對(duì)這項(xiàng)禁令的歐盟成員國聯(lián)盟。

　　與此同時(shí)，波蘭外交部預(yù)計(jì)，如果這項(xiàng)立法獲得通過，關(guān)于這項(xiàng)指令的工作將需要大約兩年的時(shí)間，而可能產(chǎn)生的變化要到2014年末或2015年才開始生效。

Europe: Poland Opposes EU Menthol and Slim Cigarettes Ban

　　The Polish government is opposing a draft EU directive that seeks to ban menthol and slim cigarettes

　　"Poland will not support the draft directive on tobacco," said Health Ministry spokesman Krzysztof Bak, in an interview with Polish Radio.

　　"We are taking into account the consequences," he added.

　　The Health Ministry had been instructed to prepare a document outlining the government's stance on the matter, but was obliged to draw on opinions from the ministries of agriculture, finance and the economy.

　　In spite of the Health Ministry's reference to 90,000 deaths in Poland per year as a result of smoking-related diseases, the opinions of the other ministries proved decisive.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture outlined that Poland is the largest exporter of tobacco products in the EU.

　　Revenues from these exports amount to 36 percent of those for all agricultural and food-related products.

　　Meanwhile, budget revenues in 2012 for taxes on tobacco products amounted to 20 million zloty (4.7 million euro).

　　In December, after the European Commission passed a proposal for the directive, Polish tobacco growers and cigarette manufacturers sent a letter to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, calling for the government to oppose the legislation.

　　"Polish tobacco growers will suffer, and the elimination of many plantations as well as reduced orders will mean corporations making redundancies," wrote head of the Polish Tobacco Association Przemys?aw Noworyta, as cited by the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

　　The draft directive is intended "to deter young people from starting to smoking," according to Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Tonio Borg, as quoted by the Europolitics daily.

　　Besides banning cigarettes that are supposedly "too attractive", the draft legislation also seeks to ensure that cigarette packets carry health warnings that cover 75 percent of the front of each packet.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture has called on the government to form a coalition of EU member states that are against the ban.

　　Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry has forecast that if the legislation is passed, work on the directive will take about two years, and the prospective changes would not come into force until late 2014 or 2015. Enditem