煙草在線據AzerNews報道編譯　　對不斷上漲的卷煙價格惱火不已的阿塞拜疆煙民們應該把漲價歸咎于國際市場上的原材料成本上漲。

　　歐洲煙草巴庫股份公司經理Anar Hatamov對趨勢新聞社說，原材料成本增長了，體現在卷煙零售價格上。

　　在巴庫的幾家煙店內，每包卷煙的價格上漲了0.1至0.2馬納特（阿塞拜疆貨幣單位）。

　　價格上漲的卷煙有“總督”、“威獅”、“LD”、“云斯頓”的各個產品系列，以及一些其他流行卷煙品牌。

　　他說，在阿塞拜疆，每包卷煙的平均價格仍然比世界上的卷煙平均價格低10%。

　　世界煙草價格對卷煙零售價格的影響，受制于這樣一個事實，即：阿塞拜疆市場上的產品中，超過一半從國外進口。高達50%的煙草產品需求是由國內生產來滿足的。

　　阿塞拜疆市場對煙草產品的總需求估計每年為100億支卷煙。

　　Hatamov說，卷煙零售價格的上漲，將會限制青年人和未成年人對煙草的使用。

　　卷煙零售價格上漲在早些時候被視為一個減少吸煙者數量的措施。

　　阿塞拜疆國會議員Musa Guliyev在早些時候說，同樣也作為旨在減少吸煙者人數的措施之一的提高煙草產品消費稅這一問題，可能會在議會上進行討論。

　　遺憾的是，阿塞拜疆的吸煙者人數很多。根據世界衛生組織有關阿塞拜疆的報告，阿塞拜疆在各國吸煙率排名中排在第85位，在人均使用卷煙數量方面，則排在第22位。此外，阿塞拜疆13至14歲的學生中的吸煙者人數也日益增長，這一點讓人非常失望。

　　據研究顯示，45%的阿塞拜疆男性吸煙。此外，女性吸煙者的比例也出現增長，從6、7年前的3%增加到目前的10%。

Cigarette Prices Rise in Azerbaijan due to Expensive Raw Material

　　Smokers fuming about the rising cost of cigarettes in Azerbaijan should blame higher cost of raw materials on the world markets.

　　European Tobacco Baku joint-stock company manager Anar Hatamov told Trend news agency that the cost of raw materials increased and this is reflected in the retail cigarette price.

　　Cigarette prices increased by 0.10-0.20 manats per pack in several Baku shops.

　　The price increase was observed on "Viceroy", "West", "LD", in all types of "Winston" and other popular cigarette brands.

　　He said the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Azerbaijan is still less by 10 percent than in the world.

　　The influence of world tobacco prices for the retail cigarette price is stipulated by the fact that more than half of the products on the Azerbaijani market are imported from abroad. Up to 50 percent of demand for tobacco products is met by domestic production.

　　The total demand of the Azerbaijani market in tobacco products is estimated at 10 billion cigarettes per year.

　　Hatamov said increase in retail cigarette prices will restrict their use by young people and minors.

　　Price increase in retail cigarette prices was earlier viewed as a measure for reducing number of smokers.

　　MP Musa Guliyev earlier said the issue of increasing the excise tax on tobacco products, which is also one of the steps aimed at reducing the number of smokers, may be discussed at the Parliament.

　　Unfortunately, the number of smokers in Azerbaijan is also high. According to the WHO representation in the country, Azerbaijan ranks 85th among the smoking countries and is 22nd for the number of cigarettes per capita. Moreover, it is very disappointing that the number of smoking people among the schoolchildren aged 13-14 is increasing year-on-year in the country.

　　According to researches, 45 percent of men in Azerbaijan smoke. Moreover, the number of women-smokers has increased -- from 3 percent six to seven years ago to the current 10 percent. Enditem