财经金融新闻 烟草再次增税

A tax rise on the wholesale¹ tobacco industry has been championed by health experts that say the price increase could reduce smoking habits and the medical costs associated with cigarettes.

卫生专家全力支持对烟草产业增税，称价格上涨将减少抽烟习惯，并减少因烟草所带来的医疗费用。

On May 8, the Ministry² of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation³ said a tobacco wholesale tax ontotal sales would see an increase from 5 percent to 11 percent.

5月8日，财政部以及国家税务局称烟草税将从销售总额的5%增加到11%。

The last time the government raised taxes in the industry was in 2009, but those levies⁴ were applied⁵ to producers and had little impact on consumption. This time around, experts say the increases could push retail⁶ prices up by 6 to 8 percent.

政府最近一次提高烟草税还是在2009年，但是当时只对生产者征税，对消费市场的影响很小。专家称这次的零售价格将从6%提升到8%。

Anti-smoking campaigners have been calling on the government to discourage smoking through higher taxes, which may not only lower demand for cigarettes but will generate fiscal⁷ income. China had more than 300 million smokers⁸ at the end of last year and some 130 billion packs of cigarettes were sold in 2014 alone, health officials said.

禁烟人士一直呼吁政府通过增税来减少吸烟，增税不仅仅会降低需求量，还能够增加财政收入。截止到去年年底，中国烟民超过了3000万人，仅2014年就销售了1亿3000万盒香烟，这是卫生组织官员所说。

The country is a member of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an international treaty that is intended to reduce tobacco-related diseases and deaths. In October, the WHO suggested that 70 percent of each pack of cigarettes should be taxes. Experts say the figure in China stands at 40 to 46 percent.

中国是《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》的成员国，这项国际公约旨在减少因烟草所引发的疾病以及死亡。10月份，世卫组织称每盒香烟的70%应该来源于税。有专家称中国的这一数字在40-46%之间。

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1 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

4 levies   

（部队）征兵( levy的名词复数 )； 募捐； 被征募的军队

参考例句：

• At that time, taxes and levies were as many as the hairs on an ox. 那时，苛捐杂税多如牛毛。
• Variable levies can insulate farmers and consumers from world markets. 差价进口税可以把农民和消费者与世界市场隔离开来。

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

6 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

7 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

8 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。