煙草在線據ABC新聞報道編譯　　澳大利亞醫學協會說，澳大利亞聯邦政府應該迅速行動起來，阻止一家公司生產隱藏卷煙煙盒上的健康警語的貼紙。

　　黃金海岸的一家公司正在生產各種各樣的貼紙，隱藏卷煙的橄欖綠色平裝，以及煙草產品上的圖片健康警語。

　　澳大利亞聯邦衛生部長塔尼亞·普里貝斯已經要求律師對這些貼紙是否違反了12月1日開始生效的平裝煙法律進行調查。

　　澳大利亞醫學協會主席史蒂文·漢布爾頓說，必須阻止這些貼紙。

　　他說：“那些圖片健康警語之所以印制在那里是有非常重要的原因的。已經有100多萬澳大利亞人因為吸煙而失去生命，但我認為，聯邦政府應該迅速行動起來，禁止那些將健康警語覆蓋了的產品。”

　　“一個企業為了賺錢而出售與一種致命商品有關的物品，將這種物品像制造商所希望的那樣使用，這在道德上是錯誤的。”

　　漢布爾頓博士說，政府必須對可能被用于繞開平裝煙草法律的任何方法進行研究。

　　他說：“這些健康警語之所以印制在包裝上，有非常合理的理由。我們認為，這些警語將會降低澳大利亞的吸煙率，因此，我們不希望看到任何會實際繞開這項法律的情況。”

　　貼紙的發明者阿諾東尼·杜·羅薩里奧說，平裝煙法律這一步有點過頭了。

　　他說：“顯然，我們經營是要賺錢，但本質上，我認為，澳大利亞人要有選擇的自由，這才是重要的。”

Australia: Push to Ban Stickers Covering Cigarette Warnings

　　The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the Federal Government should act quickly to stop a company making stickers to hide health warnings on cigarette boxes.

　　A Gold Coast company is making a variety of stickers to hide the olive green plain packaging and graphic warnings on tobacco products.

　　Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has asked lawyers to investigate whether the stickers breach the plain packaging laws, which came into effect less than a fortnight ago.

　　AMA president Steve Hambleton says the stickers need to be stopped.

　　"Those graphic health warnings are there for a very important reason. Over a million Australians have died because they smoked, but I think covering up those health warnings, I think the Federal Government is going to act very quickly and ban those products," he said.

　　"It is just morally wrong for a business to profit from selling items in relation to goods that are lethal when you use them as the manufacturer intended."

　　Dr Hambleton says the Government needs to look at any methods that may be used to circumvent the plain packaging legislation.

　　"It's there for a very good reason. We believe it will decrease smoking rates in Australia by another notch so we don't want to see anything that can actually get around this legislation," he said.

　　The inventor of the stickers, Anothony Do Rozario, says the plain packaging laws are a step too far.

　　"Obviously we're in business to make money, but essentially, I think it's important for Australians to have freedom of choice," he said. Enditem