煙草在線據(jù)Emirates247報(bào)道編譯　　一名官員1月30日表示，阿聯(lián)酋和其他海灣石油生產(chǎn)國(guó)批準(zhǔn)的新稅率在2012年底生效后，吸煙者將迎來(lái)卷煙價(jià)格新一輪上漲。

　　阿聯(lián)酋衛(wèi)生部反吸煙行動(dòng)組主管Widad Al Maidoor博士表示，作為抑制地區(qū)煙草產(chǎn)品消費(fèi)聯(lián)合計(jì)劃的一部分，六國(guó)海灣合作委員會(huì)（GCC）的衛(wèi)生部長(zhǎng)表示支持“健康稅”。

　　“新法規(guī)旨在減少六國(guó)海灣合作委員會(huì)成員國(guó)的煙草消費(fèi)，并計(jì)劃征收一項(xiàng)名為‘健康稅’的新稅收……這將影響到煙草產(chǎn)品及用以制造和加工它的設(shè)備……煙草稅將與100%的煙草產(chǎn)品價(jià)格相當(dāng)?！?/p>

　　引用半官方日?qǐng)?bào)《團(tuán)結(jié)報(bào)》的報(bào)道，Maidoor表示，新法規(guī)將在海灣合作委員會(huì)財(cái)政部批準(zhǔn)后，于2012年底實(shí)施。

　　過(guò)去幾年，隨著一系列海灣合作委員會(huì)的稅率變動(dòng)及全球大部分商品的價(jià)格上漲，卷煙價(jià)格一直穩(wěn)步上提。

　　銷售商們表示，即便漲價(jià)，該地區(qū)的卷煙價(jià)格仍然遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低于發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的價(jià)格。“以英國(guó)為例，一包20支裝的卷煙目前售價(jià)將近30摩洛哥迪拉姆（摩洛哥貨幣單位），是該地區(qū)價(jià)格的4倍?！卑⒉荚鹊囊幻袠I(yè)主說(shuō)道。

Cigarette prices set to soar after new Gulf tax

Emirates247
Jan 30, 2012

　　Smokers should brace themselves for a fresh rise in the price of cigarettes when a new tax approved by the UAE and other Gulf oil producers is enforced at the end of 2012, an official was reported on Monday as saying.

　　Health ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) endorsed the "health tax" at talks in Saudi Arabia in early January as part of joint plans to curb the consumption of tobacco in the region, said Dr Widad Al Maidoor, head of the anti-smoking section at the UAE Ministry of Health.

　　"The new law is intended to reduce tobacco consumption in the GCC and envisages the imposition of a new tax called 'health tax'.…it will affect tobacco products and equipment used in its production and manufacturing…the tax will amount to 100 per cent of the product's value."

　　Quoted by the semi official daily Alittihad, Maidoor said the new law would be enforced at the end of 2012 after it is approved by the GCC finance ministers.

　　Cigarette prices have steadily increased over the past years following a series of GCC taxes and a surge in global prices of most consumer items.

　　Dealers said that despite the rise, cigarette prices in the region remain far below those in advanced countries. "In Britain for example, a 20-cigarette pack now sells for nearly Dh30, more than four times the prices here," said an owner of a supermarket in Abu Dhabi.