烟草在线据《烟业通讯》报道编译　　据法新社报道，印度尼西亚不久前曾提起诉讼，认为美国禁止在国内销售丁香烟的禁令违反了国际贸易法规的规定，美国就这一诉讼提起上诉，4月4日，世界贸易组织（WTO）驳回了美国的上诉请求。

　　美国2009年6月颁布了《美国家庭吸烟预防和烟草控制法案》，禁止销售有特殊香味的卷烟产品，此规定旨在降低年轻人不断上涨的吸烟率，因此，丁香烟便成为了该法案的牺牲品。

　　然而，该禁令没有将薄荷卷烟包括在内，因此印尼向WTO提起诉讼，起诉美国，认为该法案没有包括薄荷卷烟，并没有做到完全覆盖适用。

　　WTO曾在9月做出裁决，认为该禁令具有歧视性，但并未表示该禁令是多余的。

　　美国就这一裁决提起上诉，上诉委员会决定维持原判，并呼吁美国采取措施遵守其在WTO的责任与义务。

WTO tells US to end kretek discrimination

Tobacco Reporter
Apr 5, 2012

　　The World Trade Organization yesterday threw out the US' appeal against Indonesia's complaint that a US ban on the domestic sale of kreteks infringed international trade rules, according to an Agence France Presse story.

　　Kreteks fell victim to the US Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which, in June 2009, banned the sale of cigarettes with characterizing flavors, purportedly to reduce the uptake of smoking by young people.

　　The ban, however, did not include menthol cigarettes and Indonesia lodged a complaint against the US at the WTO, arguing that the act had not been applied uniformly since it did not cover menthol cigarettes.

　　The WTO ruled in September that the ban was discriminatory, though it did not say it was unnecessary.

　　And while the US appealed against the finding, the appeal panel agreed with the original ruling and called on the US to bring its measures into conformity with its WTO obligations.