煙草在線據法新社報道編譯　　由于試圖降低該國極高的吸煙率，俄羅斯在9月3日周一公布了一系列將印制在卷煙盒上的圖片警語，其中包括一只腐爛的腳和一個流產的嬰兒。

　　隨著俄羅斯加強立法效仿西方國家的禁煙行動，衛生部在其網站上發布了這些圖片供卷煙公司使用，從明年5月開始，卷煙公司必須在卷煙盒上印制這些圖片。

　　這些圖片展示了死產嬰兒的藍色影像和一只變黑腐爛的腳的圖片，以及更多比喻形象的圖片，例如一位婦女的手做出“拇指向下”的姿勢表示性無能的形象等。

　　“據全球的經驗顯示，煙盒上令人震驚的圖片能大大影響吸煙者自己對吸煙認識的改變，”衛生部說。

　　俄羅斯衛生部援引世界衛生組織的全球成人煙草調查的數據稱，俄羅斯吸煙者平均每天消費17支卷煙，其中，男性平均每天消費18支卷煙，而女性則為13支卷煙。

　　發表于2009年的該項調查結果顯示，39.1%的俄羅斯人吸煙，世界衛生組織稱，該比例是全球煙草使用的最高比例之一。

　　據國際文傳電信社稱，衛生部副部長Sergei Velmyaikin估計，俄羅斯每年因處在工作年齡段的人死于煙草相關疾病而損失近1.5萬億盧布（460億美元）。

　　世界衛生組織稱，在煙盒上印制圖片警語將是“俄羅斯聯邦遵守世界衛生組織《煙草控制框架公約》邁出的重要一步。”

　　俄羅斯效仿西方國家的做法，兩年前在煙盒上引進了吸煙引起健康后果的巨大文字警語。

　　衛生部在8月31日向立法者提交了一項草案議案，提議在這樣一個無煙區通常仍然只是象征性姿勢的國家，從2014年起在餐館引進具有西方國家風格的禁煙令。

Russia to Put Shock Images on Cigarette Packs

　　Russia on Monday unveiled a series of graphic images, including of a gangrenous foot and a still-born baby, that will be printed on cigarette packs as the country tries to trim its sky-high rates of smoking.

　　The health ministry published photographs on its website for use by cigarette companies, which will be obliged to print them on cigarette packs from May next year as Russia tightens its laws towards a Western-style crackdown on smoking.

　　The pictures show a blue-tinted image of a dead baby and a graphic image of a blackened gangrenous foot, as well as more figurative images such as a woman's hand making a "thumbs-down" gesture to represent impotency.

　　"Global experience shows that shocking pictures on cigarette packs significantly influenced changes in perception of smoking by smokers themselves," the ministry said.

　　The average Russian smoker consumes 17 cigarettes per day, with men smoking an average of 18 cigarettes and women 13, the health ministry said, citing the World Health Organisation's Global Adult Tobacco Survey statistics.

　　The survey published in 2009 found that 39.1 percent of Russians smoked, which the WHO said was one of the world's highest rates of tobacco use.

　　Deputy health minister Sergei Velmyaikin estimated that Russia lost almost 1.5 trillion rubles ($46 billion) per year from tobacco-related deaths among people of working age, the Interfax news agency reported.

　　The WHO said that graphic warnings on packs would be a "major step forward in The Russian Federation to be compliant with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control."

　　Russia two years ago introduced large written warnings of the health consequences of smoking on packs, following Western practice.

　　On Friday, the health ministry submitted a draft bill to lawmakers that would introduce Western-style smoking bans in restaurants from 2014 in a country where non-smoking areas are still usually a token gesture. Enditem