烟草在线据AzerNews报道编译　　对不断上涨的卷烟价格恼火不已的阿塞拜疆烟民们应该把涨价归咎于国际市场上的原材料成本上涨。

　　欧洲烟草巴库股份公司经理Anar Hatamov对趋势新闻社说，原材料成本增长了，体现在卷烟零售价格上。

　　在巴库的几家烟店内，每包卷烟的价格上涨了0.1至0.2马纳特（阿塞拜疆货币单位）。

　　价格上涨的卷烟有“总督”、“威狮”、“LD”、“云斯顿”的各个产品系列，以及一些其他流行卷烟品牌。

　　他说，在阿塞拜疆，每包卷烟的平均价格仍然比世界上的卷烟平均价格低10%。

　　世界烟草价格对卷烟零售价格的影响，受制于这样一个事实，即：阿塞拜疆市场上的产品中，超过一半从国外进口。高达50%的烟草产品需求是由国内生产来满足的。

　　阿塞拜疆市场对烟草产品的总需求估计每年为100亿支卷烟。

　　Hatamov说，卷烟零售价格的上涨，将会限制青年人和未成年人对烟草的使用。

　　卷烟零售价格上涨在早些时候被视为一个减少吸烟者数量的措施。

　　阿塞拜疆国会议员Musa Guliyev在早些时候说，同样也作为旨在减少吸烟者人数的措施之一的提高烟草产品消费税这一问题，可能会在议会上进行讨论。

　　遗憾的是，阿塞拜疆的吸烟者人数很多。根据世界卫生组织有关阿塞拜疆的报告，阿塞拜疆在各国吸烟率排名中排在第85位，在人均使用卷烟数量方面，则排在第22位。此外，阿塞拜疆13至14岁的学生中的吸烟者人数也日益增长，这一点让人非常失望。

　　据研究显示，45%的阿塞拜疆男性吸烟。此外，女性吸烟者的比例也出现增长，从6、7年前的3%增加到目前的10%。

Cigarette Prices Rise in Azerbaijan due to Expensive Raw Material

　　Smokers fuming about the rising cost of cigarettes in Azerbaijan should blame higher cost of raw materials on the world markets.

　　European Tobacco Baku joint-stock company manager Anar Hatamov told Trend news agency that the cost of raw materials increased and this is reflected in the retail cigarette price.

　　Cigarette prices increased by 0.10-0.20 manats per pack in several Baku shops.

　　The price increase was observed on "Viceroy", "West", "LD", in all types of "Winston" and other popular cigarette brands.

　　He said the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Azerbaijan is still less by 10 percent than in the world.

　　The influence of world tobacco prices for the retail cigarette price is stipulated by the fact that more than half of the products on the Azerbaijani market are imported from abroad. Up to 50 percent of demand for tobacco products is met by domestic production.

　　The total demand of the Azerbaijani market in tobacco products is estimated at 10 billion cigarettes per year.

　　Hatamov said increase in retail cigarette prices will restrict their use by young people and minors.

　　Price increase in retail cigarette prices was earlier viewed as a measure for reducing number of smokers.

　　MP Musa Guliyev earlier said the issue of increasing the excise tax on tobacco products, which is also one of the steps aimed at reducing the number of smokers, may be discussed at the Parliament.

　　Unfortunately, the number of smokers in Azerbaijan is also high. According to the WHO representation in the country, Azerbaijan ranks 85th among the smoking countries and is 22nd for the number of cigarettes per capita. Moreover, it is very disappointing that the number of smoking people among the schoolchildren aged 13-14 is increasing year-on-year in the country.

　　According to researches, 45 percent of men in Azerbaijan smoke. Moreover, the number of women-smokers has increased -- from 3 percent six to seven years ago to the current 10 percent. Enditem