烟草在线据《烟业通讯》报道编译　　根据美国疾病控制和预防中心的一份最新报告，自2008年以来，急剧增长的斗烟和雪茄的消费，部分抵消了美国卷烟消费的下滑。

　　虽然卷烟消费仍在延续11年来的下行趋势，其中2010年到2011年间下滑了2.5%，但是非卷烟类的吸用烟草产品的增加，减缓了所有吸用烟草产品长期以来消费的下滑。

　　从2000年到2011年，增幅最大的是烟斗(482%)和大雪茄(233%)的消费。斗烟的增长似乎是由于贫困的烟民使用这种产品代替细切烟而引起的。

　　而雪茄消费的增长，据说主要是由于烟草制造商增加了小雪茄的重量，这样它们就可以被划分为大雪茄，从而避免了较高的税收和监管，同时仍保留类似于卷烟的大小和形状。

　　根据这份报告，在2000年到2011年间，所有吸用烟草产品（包括卷烟、自卷烟、斗烟和雪茄）的消费下降了27.5%。

　　但是，在2010年到2011年间，消费下降了0.8%。

US: Decline in Smoked Tobacco Products Consumption Slows

　　Sharp increases in the consumption of pipe tobacco and cigars since 2008 have partly offset declines in cigarette consumption in the US, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

　　Although cigarette consumption continued an 11-year downward trend with a 2.5 per cent decline between 2010 and 2011, increases in the use of non-cigarette smoked tobacco products had slowed the long decline in the consumption of all smoked tobacco products taken together.

　　From 2000 to 2011, the biggest increases were in the consumption of pipe tobacco (482 per cent) and large cigars (233 per cent). The increase in pipe tobacco seems to have been caused by impoverished smokers using this product in place of fine-cut tobacco.

　　And the increase in the consumption of cigars was said to have been due largely to tobacco manufacturers adding weight to small cigars so they could be classified as large cigars and thereby avoid higher taxes and regulation while, at the same time, retaining a size and shape similar to that of cigarettes.

　　According to the report, consumption of all smoked tobacco products (including cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco and cigars) declined by 27.5 per cent between 2000 and 2011.

　　However, the decline was 0.8 per cent between 2010 and 2011.