烟草在线据《耶路撒冷邮报》报道编译　　以色列加入的世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》，呼吁禁止在机场和港口销售免税烟草产品。

　　由于班固利恩机场（Ben-Gurion Airport）免税商店和各烟草公司的极力游说，以色列允许国人出国旅游时购买一箱免税卷烟——而不是目前的两箱——该规定已在4月24日生效。

　　世卫组织《烟草控制框架公约》要求完全禁止在机场和港口销售免税烟草产品。

　　学校附近禁止出现卷烟自动销售机，瑞本（Rambam）禁止医院销售卷烟，以色列议会财务委员会5月14日批准了财政部“允许出售的免税卷烟数量减半”的规定。卫生部建议，所有烟草产品都不应该给予免税待遇，但来自既得利益集团的压力减缓了立法行动。免税连锁店店主詹姆斯·理查森（James Richardson）告诉委员会，没有免税卷烟的销售，其利润将会暴跌，而乘客承担的机场税也将上涨。

　　委员会并没有考虑到，治疗与烟草相关的疾病每年会花费国库几十亿谢克（以色列货币单位）。

　　可以在免税商店购买一箱进口烟草或酒类产品的豁免规定，只适用于18岁以上的成年人，从2013年4月1日起开始实施。

　　同时，此规定也将减少未成年人吸卷烟或吸nargileh烟（水烟）的数量。专家认为，吸水烟比吸卷烟对健康的危害更大。人们还会将它与吸毒，酗酒和暴力等危险行为联系到一起。

　　Nargileh烟的烟草税已被立即上调130%，而这一数字在今后三年内将猛增至500%。实际上，卷烟税将从每包10谢克上涨至35谢克。雪茄税也将上涨。

Israel:Tax-Free Cigarette Limit Delayed

　　WHO's Convention on Tobacco Control, which Israel ratified, calls for barring duty-free tobacco products at airports, seaports.

　　Due to strong lobbying by the duty free shops at Ben-Gurion Airport and the tobacco companies, the limit of one carton of tax-free cigarettes Israelis traveling abroad will be allowed to purchase - instead of the current two - will take effect only on April 24.

　　The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - which Israel ratified - calls for the complete barring of duty-free tobacco products at airports and seaports.

　　Cigarette vending machines banned near schoolsRambam bans cigarette sales at hospitalThe Knesset Finance Committee approved on Monday morning the Finance Ministry's orders to halve the number of cigarette cartons allowed for sale without duty. The Health Ministry recommended that no tobacco products at all be given duty-free status, but pressure from vested interests watered down the legislative action. The duty-free chain James Richardson told the committee that without such cigarette sales, their profits would plummet and airport taxes for passengers would rise.

　　The committee did not take into account the billions of shekels a year that treating tobacco-related diseases cost the public purse.

　　The exemption for importing tobacco and alcohol via duty-free shops and the limitation of one carton will be given only to adults over 18, starting April 1, 2013.

　　Meanwhile, the order will also minimize smoking of nargileh (water pipes or hookahs) by minors. Experts view smoking tobacco through water pipes as even more dangerous to health than using cigarettes. It has also been linked to dangerous behaviors such as taking drugs, drinking alcohol and violence.

　　The tax on nargileh tobacco has already been hiked immediately by 130 percent, and this figure will skyrocket to a total of 500% in three years. In actual terms, the tax will rise from NIS 10 per packet to NIS 35. The tax on cigars will also rise. Enditem