烟草在线据法新社报道编译　　由于试图降低该国极高的吸烟率，俄罗斯在9月3日周一公布了一系列将印制在卷烟盒上的图片警语，其中包括一只腐烂的脚和一个流产的婴儿。

　　随着俄罗斯加强立法效仿西方国家的禁烟行动，卫生部在其网站上发布了这些图片供卷烟公司使用，从明年5月开始，卷烟公司必须在卷烟盒上印制这些图片。

　　这些图片展示了死产婴儿的蓝色影像和一只变黑腐烂的脚的图片，以及更多比喻形象的图片，例如一位妇女的手做出“拇指向下”的姿势表示性无能的形象等。

　　“据全球的经验显示，烟盒上令人震惊的图片能大大影响吸烟者自己对吸烟认识的改变，”卫生部说。

　　俄罗斯卫生部援引世界卫生组织的全球成人烟草调查的数据称，俄罗斯吸烟者平均每天消费17支卷烟，其中，男性平均每天消费18支卷烟，而女性则为13支卷烟。

　　发表于2009年的该项调查结果显示，39.1%的俄罗斯人吸烟，世界卫生组织称，该比例是全球烟草使用的最高比例之一。

　　据国际文传电信社称，卫生部副部长Sergei Velmyaikin估计，俄罗斯每年因处在工作年龄段的人死于烟草相关疾病而损失近1.5万亿卢布（460亿美元）。

　　世界卫生组织称，在烟盒上印制图片警语将是“俄罗斯联邦遵守世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》迈出的重要一步。”

　　俄罗斯效仿西方国家的做法，两年前在烟盒上引进了吸烟引起健康后果的巨大文字警语。

　　卫生部在8月31日向立法者提交了一项草案议案，提议在这样一个无烟区通常仍然只是象征性姿势的国家，从2014年起在餐馆引进具有西方国家风格的禁烟令。

Russia to Put Shock Images on Cigarette Packs

　　Russia on Monday unveiled a series of graphic images, including of a gangrenous foot and a still-born baby, that will be printed on cigarette packs as the country tries to trim its sky-high rates of smoking.

　　The health ministry published photographs on its website for use by cigarette companies, which will be obliged to print them on cigarette packs from May next year as Russia tightens its laws towards a Western-style crackdown on smoking.

　　The pictures show a blue-tinted image of a dead baby and a graphic image of a blackened gangrenous foot, as well as more figurative images such as a woman's hand making a "thumbs-down" gesture to represent impotency.

　　"Global experience shows that shocking pictures on cigarette packs significantly influenced changes in perception of smoking by smokers themselves," the ministry said.

　　The average Russian smoker consumes 17 cigarettes per day, with men smoking an average of 18 cigarettes and women 13, the health ministry said, citing the World Health Organisation's Global Adult Tobacco Survey statistics.

　　The survey published in 2009 found that 39.1 percent of Russians smoked, which the WHO said was one of the world's highest rates of tobacco use.

　　Deputy health minister Sergei Velmyaikin estimated that Russia lost almost 1.5 trillion rubles ($46 billion) per year from tobacco-related deaths among people of working age, the Interfax news agency reported.

　　The WHO said that graphic warnings on packs would be a "major step forward in The Russian Federation to be compliant with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control."

　　Russia two years ago introduced large written warnings of the health consequences of smoking on packs, following Western practice.

　　On Friday, the health ministry submitted a draft bill to lawmakers that would introduce Western-style smoking bans in restaurants from 2014 in a country where non-smoking areas are still usually a token gesture. Enditem