煙草在線據墨爾本《先驅太陽報》報道編譯　　澳大利亞競爭和消費委員會（ACCC）警告店主，不要因卷煙價格大幅上漲而責怪煙稅。

　　聯邦政府上周（1.28-2.3）把每包卷煙稅提高了11至28澳分。

　　但吸煙者聯系《先驅太陽報》稱，每包的卷煙價格上漲了多達2.40澳元。

　　澳大利亞競爭和消費委員會證實它收到了指控。它表示，企業可自由設定它們自己的價格，但它們不應該把這歸咎于消費稅的變化。

　　助理財務總監戴維·布拉德伯里辦公室稱，如果消費者認為企業錯誤地把卷煙價格上漲與消費稅變化聯系起來，他們應該向澳大利亞競爭和消費委員會熱線1300 302 502報告。

Australia: ACCC Warns Shopkeepers over Cigarette Tax Rip-offs

　　THE ACCC has warned shopkeepers not to blame taxes for a sharp increase in cigarette prices.

　　The Federal Government last week increased the tax on cigarettes by between 11c and 28c a packet.

　　But smokers contacted the Herald Sun to report that prices had risen by as much as $2.40 a pack.

　　The ACCC confirmed it had received complaints. It said businesses were free to set their own prices, but they must not blame the excise changes.

　　Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury's office said if a consumer believed a business was falsely linking a price rise with excise change, they should report it to the ACCC hotline on 1300 302 502. Enditem