煙草在線據《記者協會(英國)》報道編譯　　報告顯示，部長們可能會在今年晚些時候宣布推出卷煙平裝計劃。

　　《衛報》稱，在女王五月的演講中，將宣布這項立法。

　　報紙稱，政府還計劃將禁止在載著孩子們的汽車內吸煙。不過，衛生部的高級官員們堅稱，衛生部長杰里米·亨特尚未對此舉做出決定。

　　去年12月，澳大利亞成為世界上第一個把所有煙草產品放入標準化煙包內的國家。卷煙和其他產品都以標準化顏色的包裝銷售，只可看到品牌名稱和圖片警告。

　　“我們要遵循澳大利亞的所作所為，”英國政府一位高級官員對《衛報》稱?！坝凶C據表明它將阻止年輕的吸煙者。將有立法出臺。”

　　去年4月份，政府發起了針對煙草產品引入強制的標準化包裝計劃的咨詢。

　　健康人士歡迎這個建議，聲稱顏色鮮艷的包裝是煙草公司用來吸引人們使用它們產品的最后一個營銷策略，但是反對者聲稱這將會導致走私和失業的增加。

　　于8月份結束的咨詢產生的信息，仍在由衛生官員進行分析。

　　一位健康部門的發言人說：“我們已經收到了關于煙草包裝咨詢的成千上萬的反饋。我們目前正在仔細整理和分析所有反饋。政府在這個問題上持開放思想，只有在充分考慮了咨詢回應、證據和其他相關信息后，才會采取進一步的行動。”

　　英國癌癥研究中心的首席執行官Harpal Kumar博士說：“引入標準化包裝將是政府的一個重大的公共衛生成就。盡管煙草行業游說力量強大，但是我們知道大多數公眾支持平裝。我們敦促政府推進這些措施，并給我們全力支持?！?/p>

UK: Plain Cigarette Packs 'on the Way'

　　Ministers could announce plans to introduce plain packets for cigarettes later this year, reports suggest.

　　The legislation will be announced during the Queen's Speech in May, the Guardian said.

　　The newspaper said the Government also plans to ban smoking in cars carrying children. However, senior Department of Health officials insisted that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is yet to make a decision about the move.

　　In December, Australia became the first country in the world to put all tobacco products in standardised packs. Cigarettes and other products are all sold in packaging of a standardised colour, with only the brand name and graphic warnings visible.

　　"We are going to follow what they have done in Australia," a senior Whitehall source told the Guardian. "The evidence suggests it is going to deter young smokers. There is going to be legislation."

　　In April last year, the Government launched a consultation on plans to introduce mandatory standardised packaging for tobacco products.

　　Health campaigners have welcomed the proposal, saying that brightly coloured packages are one of the last marketing ploys tobacco companies use to lure people to their products, but opponents claim it would lead to increased smuggling and job losses.

　　Information generated by the consultation, which closed in August, is still being analysed by health officials.

　　A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We have received many thousands of responses to the tobacco packaging consultation. We are currently in the process of carefully collating and analysing all the responses received. The Government has an open mind on this issue and any decisions to take further action will be taken only after full consideration of the consultation responses, evidence and other relevant information."

　　Dr Harpal Kumar, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: "Introducing standardised packaging would be a huge public health achievement for the Government. And despite strong lobbying from the tobacco industry, we know the majority of the public backs plain packs. We urge the Government to move forward with this measure and give it our full backing." Enditem