烟草在线据《爱尔兰独立报》报道编译　　爱尔兰政府必须指派一个限制烟草业利润、并为国库每年带来大约1.5亿欧元收入的管理机构。

　　11月8日，爱尔兰心脏基金会和爱尔兰癌症协会在概述各自向爱尔兰议会健康与儿童联合委员会提交的预算前意见书时，发出了这个呼吁。

　　这个管理机构要限制烟草公司可以赚取的利润金额，同时，多赚的利润部分要交给国家。

　　爱尔兰心脏基金会的宣传领导人克里斯·麦凯说，这个制度“对其他产业已经有效地发挥了作用。”

　　他补充说：“这将意味着烟草制造商投入到消除营销障碍的技巧、公共关系机构和其他旨在破坏政府减少吸烟率的工作行动方面的资金会减少。”

　　他说，即使爱尔兰的卷烟价格要低于英国的卷烟价格，但烟草业在爱尔兰所赚的利润要高于在欧洲其他国家所赚的利润。

　　他估计，1.5亿欧元就够支付额外的4167名护士、2853名新小学教师、5480名新招募的爱尔兰警察、7188名新招聘的特殊需要助理、165000天额外的医院床位，或100台新核磁共振扫描仪的工资或费用。

　　在爱尔兰，政府将每包卷烟价格的大约79%作为税收提走，价格的其余部分则作为烟草业的收入。

　　“在英国，政府将每包卷烟价格的大约90%抽走，只给烟草业留下小得多的利润额。按货币来计算，烟草业每包卷烟在爱尔兰所能赚到的钱要比在英国能赚到的钱大约多1欧元。”

　　爱尔兰癌症协会的执行理事约翰·麦克柯麦克说，在过去10年里，大卷烟品牌在英国要比在爱尔兰贵——按目前的汇率，在英国每包9.3欧元，而在爱尔兰，每包为9.2欧元。

　　“现在，英国的走私率已经从21%下降到了9%——比爱尔兰走私率的一半还少。”

　　他说：“为切断使年轻吸烟者数量增加的便宜卷烟的供应，高走私率的问题必须要解决。海关最近流失了数百名员工，爱尔兰警方的压力也同样很大，因此，我们必须给爱尔兰海关和警方提供对付走私的人力物力，同时，法院里也要有严明的法官。”

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