烟草在线据《烟业通讯》报道编译　　据国际新闻通讯社引述菲莫国际公司的一项调查结果报道，英国去年年底销售非法卷烟的城镇中，北爱尔兰的纽敦阿比销量排名第一。

　　去年10月至12月间在纽敦阿比购买的卷烟中，66%都是非法的。

　　而利斯本（Lisburn）以43%的非法卷烟销售率在全英国范围的调查中排名第二，紧随其后的是达劳利（Crawley）（靠近伦敦盖特威克机场），非法卷烟销售率为31.6%，考文垂则以28.5%排名第四。

　　据2011年第四季度分析报告显示，英国非法贸易数量在逐渐上升。相比第三季度10%的非法贸易量，去年10月至12月，全英国售出的卷烟，有15%并未缴纳税款。

　　且情况在持续恶化。英国政府目前正在考虑实行卷烟平装法案，许多评论家却认为该措施会助涨非法贸易的增长。

UK rogues' league published

Tobacco Reporter
Mar 7, 2012

　　Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland was "top" of the UK's league of towns for the consumption of illicit cigarettes at the end of last year, according to a Press Association story quoting the results of a survey commissioned by Philip Morris.
About 66 per cent of the cigarette packs bought in Newtownabbey between October and December were illicit.

　　Lisburn, with a 43 per cent illicit rating, ranked second in the UK-wide survey, and it was followed by Crawley (close to London's Gatwick airport), with 31.6 per cent, Coventry, with 30.3 per cent, and London, with 28.5 per cent.

　　According to the analysis of the last quarter of 2011, the illicit trade is on the rise. Almost 15 per cent of the cigarettes smoked across the UK between October and December had not had UK duty paid on them, compared with just over 10 per cent during the previous three months.

　　And things could get worse. The UK is currently considering the issue of plain packaging, which many observers believe would increase the illicit trade.