烟草在线据VietNamNet Bridge报道编译　　越南卫生部提议政府提高消费者吸烟的成本，以应对越南吸烟者和被动吸烟者人数增多的问题。

　　卫生部的提案呼吁提高所有烟草产品的税率，并对免税店中出售的卷烟最低价格给予更严格的规范。

　　越南卫生部已经设定了从现在开始到2020年的一些限制烟草有害影响的目标。它打算将男性吸烟者的比例从47.4%降到39%，使青年吸烟者（15至24岁之间的青年）的比例从26%降至18%。他们还希望使女性吸烟者的比例保持在1.4%以下。

　　越南卫生部还希望将在卫生保健中心接触到卷烟烟雾影响的人的比例从24%大幅削减至14%，将在教育机构接触到卷烟烟雾影响的人的比例从22%降低至12%。

　　目前，在工作场所被动吸烟者的比例为56%。越南卫生部希望将这个比例降至26%。

　　同样，在饭店被动吸烟者的比例将从80%降至50%，公共交通工具上被动吸烟者的比例将从34%降至16%。

　　越南卫生部的统计数字将越南男性吸烟率评定为世界第15高。

　　在2010年进行的一项调查显示，越南有1530万吸烟者，另外大约有800万人在工作场所接触到卷烟烟雾，还有4700万人在家被动吸烟。

　　越南卫生部还报告，每年越南有4万死亡病例是与吸烟有关。与此同时，如果不采用有效的措施减少吸烟者的话，世界卫生组织估计，这个数字到2030年时将提高到7万。

Vietnam: Tobacco Products to Face Higher Taxes

　　The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed that the Government increases the cost of tobacco for consumers in a bid to tackle the high number of smokers and passive smokers in Viet Nam.

　　The proposal calls for a higher level of tax on all tobacco products and for the minimum price for cigarettes sold in duty free shops to be more tightly regulated.

　　The MoH has set a number of targets to limit the harmful effects of tobacco from now up to 2020. It aims to lower the rate of male smokers from 47.4 per cent to 39 per cent, and the number of young smokers (between the age of 15-24 years old) from 26 per cent to 18 per cent. They also hope to keep the ratio of women smokers under 1.4 per cent.

　　The ministry also wants to slash the rate of people exposed to cigarettes smoke at healthcare centres from 24 to 14 per cent, and at educational institutions from 22 to 12 per cent.

　　Currently the rate of passive smokers at work is 56 per cent, which the MoH hopes to reduce to 26 per cent.

　　Similarly, the ratio at restaurants will be pulled down to 50 per cent from 80 per cent and on public transportation to 16 from 34 per cent.

　　MoH statistics rate Vietnamese males as the fifteenth highest smokers in the world.

　　A survey in 2010 revealed that there were 15.3 million smokers in the country and about 8 million others are exposed to cigarettes smoke at work, with a staggering 47 million passive smokers at home.

　　The health ministry also reports 40,000 fatal cases relating to smoking in Viet Nam each year. Meanwhile the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated the figure will increase to 70,000 by 2030 if effective measures to reduce smokers are not applied. Enditem