煙草在線據密歇根廣播公司報道編譯　　密歇根州一名立法議員說，假冒煙草產品和走私使得密歇根州在過去5年里損失了10億美元。州參議院如今在考慮一項將要求實行電子稅票和實施更強有力的煙草立法的法案。

　　密歇根州參議員Roger Kahn說，他提出的法案不僅僅是對付非法活動的。

　　他提出的法案還要求提供所謂“手卷煙”卷煙機供顧客使用的小煙店為每包卷煙交付2美元的州煙稅。

　　一些煙店業主反對這項法案，因為這項法案將把他們列為卷煙制造商。

　　Kahn說，這正是煙草商店的實際身份。

　　Kahn說：“他們為散裝煙草支付了一些費用，然后他們讓人轉動卷煙機上的曲柄，或者把卷煙機插入墻里，然后他們制造出一箱卷煙。他們送出門外的每箱卷煙使得密歇根州損失20美元。”

　　Kahn還說，由于走私與造假執法力度不足，密歇根州扣留了煙草和解款。

　　在一項償還與吸煙有關的醫療費用集體訴訟中，密歇根州從煙草業獲得了補償。

Bill tackles tobacco smuggling, counterfeiting, roll-your-own shops

Michigan Radio
Feb 12, 2012

　　A Michigan lawmaker says counterfeit tobacco products and smuggling have cost the state up to $1 billion over the past five years. The state Senate is now considering a bill that would require a digital tax stamp and stronger tobacco enforcement.

　　State Sen. Roger Kahn says his bill tackles more than illegal activity.

　　It would also require small tobacco shops that provide so-called "roll-your-own" cigarette machines for customers' use to pay a state tax of $2 per pack.

　　Some tobacco shop owners oppose the bill because it would label them as cigarette manufacturers.

　　Kahn says that's exactly what they are.

　　"They pay some money in bulk tobacco, and then they have people who turn the crank on the machine, or they plug it into the wall, and they generate a carton of cigarettes," Kahn says. "And every carton that they send out the door costs the state of Michigan $20."

　　Kahn also says tobacco settlement money is being withheld from the state because of inadequate smuggling and counterfeit enforcement.

　　Michigan received compensation from the tobacco industry in a class-action lawsuit to reimburse smoking-related Medicaid costs.