煙草在線據波蘭廣播電臺報道編譯　　波蘭政府反對歐盟的一項試圖禁止薄荷煙和細長卷煙的指令草案。

　　波蘭衛生部的發言人Krzysztof Bak在接受波蘭廣播電臺的采訪時說：“波蘭不會支持關于煙草的指令草案。”

　　他補充說：“我們會考慮后果。”

　　波蘭衛生部接到過指示，要準備一份概括波蘭政府關于這個問題立場的文件，但必須采納農業部、財政部和經濟部的意見。

　　盡管波蘭衛生部提到波蘭每年有90000人因與吸煙有關的疾病死亡，但事實證明，其他部委的意見起到了決定性作用。

　　農業部概述說，波蘭是歐盟最大的煙草產品出口國。

　　從這些出口產品獲得的收入，總計占從所有農業和食品相關產品獲得收入的36%。

　　與此同時，2012年的煙草產品預算稅收總計達到2000萬茲羅提（470萬歐元）。

　　2012年12月，在歐洲委員會通過了關于這項指令的提案之后，波蘭煙農和卷煙制造商給波蘭總理唐納德·圖斯克寫了一封信，要求政府反對這項立法。

　　波蘭新聞社引用波蘭煙草協會領導人Przemys?aw Noworyta在信中所寫的話說：“波蘭煙農將會受到損害，關閉眾多的煙草種植園以及訂單的減少，將意味著企業中出現大量裁員。”

　　據《歐洲政治日報》引用歐盟衛生與消費政策專員Tonio Borg的話說，這項指令草案的目的，“是遏制青年人開始吸煙”。

　　除了禁止被認為“太有吸引力”的卷煙之外，這項指令草案還試圖確保卷煙煙盒上帶有的健康警語要覆蓋每個煙盒正面的75%。

　　波蘭農業部呼吁政府組建一個反對這項禁令的歐盟成員國聯盟。

　　與此同時，波蘭外交部預計，如果這項立法獲得通過，關于這項指令的工作將需要大約兩年的時間，而可能產生的變化要到2014年末或2015年才開始生效。

Europe: Poland Opposes EU Menthol and Slim Cigarettes Ban

　　The Polish government is opposing a draft EU directive that seeks to ban menthol and slim cigarettes

　　"Poland will not support the draft directive on tobacco," said Health Ministry spokesman Krzysztof Bak, in an interview with Polish Radio.

　　"We are taking into account the consequences," he added.

　　The Health Ministry had been instructed to prepare a document outlining the government's stance on the matter, but was obliged to draw on opinions from the ministries of agriculture, finance and the economy.

　　In spite of the Health Ministry's reference to 90,000 deaths in Poland per year as a result of smoking-related diseases, the opinions of the other ministries proved decisive.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture outlined that Poland is the largest exporter of tobacco products in the EU.

　　Revenues from these exports amount to 36 percent of those for all agricultural and food-related products.

　　Meanwhile, budget revenues in 2012 for taxes on tobacco products amounted to 20 million zloty (4.7 million euro).

　　In December, after the European Commission passed a proposal for the directive, Polish tobacco growers and cigarette manufacturers sent a letter to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, calling for the government to oppose the legislation.

　　"Polish tobacco growers will suffer, and the elimination of many plantations as well as reduced orders will mean corporations making redundancies," wrote head of the Polish Tobacco Association Przemys?aw Noworyta, as cited by the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

　　The draft directive is intended "to deter young people from starting to smoking," according to Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, Tonio Borg, as quoted by the Europolitics daily.

　　Besides banning cigarettes that are supposedly "too attractive", the draft legislation also seeks to ensure that cigarette packets carry health warnings that cover 75 percent of the front of each packet.

　　The Ministry of Agriculture has called on the government to form a coalition of EU member states that are against the ban.

　　Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry has forecast that if the legislation is passed, work on the directive will take about two years, and the prospective changes would not come into force until late 2014 or 2015. Enditem