Our country will raise the tobacco consumption tax progressively Accuse of cigarette strategy in an all-round way

Our country will raise the tobacco consumption tax progressively Accuse of cigarette strategy in an all-round way
Our country will raise the tobacco consumption tax progressively Accuse of cigarette strategy in an all-round way
Author: On January 9, 2006 for a X, " the tobacco of World Health Organization controlled the frame convention " (hereafter referred to as the convention) Come into force in China formally. As " convention " contracting party, over the past five years, the smoking rate of the whole people of China has not dropped, the victim of the second hand smoke still increases by a wide margin. Where on earth is the faint reason that our country accuse of cigarette result? The above question, at the beginning of January of 2011, China Economic Times reporter specially interviews expert, national conditions Professor Hu Angang, director of research center in Tsing-Hua University of the national conditions. Accuse of the cigarette goal to become in an all-round way " Twelve five " Plan China Economic Times of one of the restrictive indexes: What measure is taken to make at home to accuse of cigarettes and take action and fulfill? Hu Angang: Professor Yang GongHuan and I take the lead in inviting famous experts and scholars in a plurality of domestic and foreign fields to finish <> ' Hereafter referred to as " report ") ,And draw four conclusions: Though " convention " comes into force for 5 years, it is faint to accuse of the cigarette result, smoking rate remains high; The consequence is serious that the tobacco prevails, it is healthy to become the Chinese crowd " The first leading killer " ; The performance scores very low to accuse of cigarettes and honour an agreement, require disparity to be enormous with " convention "; Tobacco industry prevent from, accuse of cigarette it works to be to cause, accuse of the intersection of cigarette and the intersection of result and good basic reason. " Twelve five " In period, should accuse of the cigarette national strategy in an all-round way, this requires state leader will pay close attention to accusing of the smoke as caring about Wen Sichuan earthquake incident, cajaput earthquake incident too, fully express strong political will and political commitment. The concrete method is to accuse of the cigarette goal to include in the country formally in an all-round way " Twelve five " Planning outline, fulfil and realize one of the healthy restrictive indexes of people as the governments at all levels, define the country accuses of total goal, concrete restrictive index of quantization of the cigarette in an all-round way, thus protect the people's health. Propose setting up the country and accusing of the cigarette office in the national development and reform committee, bear it to the basic function that the overall strict tobacco controls in the range of the whole society. The department which manages tobacco production should not bear the function that the tobacco controls. " The price tax is linked " Help and push and realize and accuse of the cigarette goal China Economic Times in an all-round way: Why need tax and price to link and realize the basic goal which accuse of the cigarette? Hu Angang: <>Point out, " Though the tobacco industry is ' big tax-payer ' at the present stage, its social cost paid is very large, ' net benefits ' has already been negative value. " The outlet of solving the problem lies in, improve the tobacco consumption tax rate progressively, set up " The price tax is linked " The mechanism, utilize the market means effectively, inhibit the private consumption demand. The final purpose of accusing of the cigarette is to reduce the overall volume of consumption of the tobacco and reduce the crowd who smoked, the market hands taking tax price as lever come to inhibit from the consumption of the tobacco is to accuse of the successful experience of the cigarette abroad. Materials reveal the intersection of Chinese and tax on tobacco stipulate class-A the intersection of cigarette and every the intersection of standard and pair allot prices in 70 yuan (excluding the value-added tax) will it be May 2009 The above ( Includes 70 yuan) Cigarette,tax rate change to 56%; Class-B the intersection of cigarette and every the intersection of standard and piece allot price in 70 following cigarette, the tax rate is changed to 36%. In China, the price that 50% of the smokers bought every box cigarette is 5 yuan and following, the cost of every one hundred boxes of cigarettes accounts for 2% of the per capita gross national product of 2009, the promotion space of the Chinese tobacco price is very great. The data reveal, take the Marlboro prices of 15 countries which World Health Organization will count in 2008 as examples, the Chinese price is 2. 04 dollars, Singapore is 9. 39 dollars, price of Norway is up to 11 especially. 48 dollars, it is 5 of China. 6 times. I once submitted a written statement to organizations such as the State Council,etc., proposed China should raise the price of cigarettes correspondingly on the basis of improving the tax on tobacco, should guarantee thereupon rise of prices of tobacco at the same time, namely the tax price should be linked, help and push the social net contribution value of the tobacco industry. In reality, some tobacco enterprises because economy is influential, these interest groups will often keep the price of the cigarette, especially low-grade cigarette by paying taxes to country more, thus dissolving because raise the price of cigarettes and bring the unfavorable consequence of enterprises. The state revenues have increased on the total amount, but because the price of the low-grade cigarette of rigidity demands of common people has no change, have not played a role in accusing of the cigarette at this moment. So, necessary reform tobacco trade management system, define the government accuses of the cigarette management function in an all-round way, separate government function from enterprise management, prevent the institution from being caught by the economic benefits. Accelerate the process of fulfilling the tobacco and controlling the frame convention China Economic Times: Why say China accuses of the cigarette process time and tide wait for no man? Hu Angang: Accuse of the world meaning of the cigarette to look from China in an all-round way, China has already consumed the countries with most populous death of country, producing country and because cigarette as the largest tobacco in the world, this brings enormous negative international repercussions to us. So, it is not only an economic question, but also a very serious political issue to accuse of cigarettes in an all-round way, an international question that has already involved China's international image. China must become whole world to be most large most positive and overall to accuse of the cigarette country, the ability one " Tobacco big countries " Cap,I call that three piece big hat - -The intersection of most large the intersection of tobacco and producing country, most large the intersection of consumption and country and the intersection of cigarette and the intersection of death and most populous country, throw to the Pacific Ocean. The conclusion of we " report " is: China it accuses of success of cigarette to be whether world accuse of success of cigarette, if China accuse of cigarette it fails to be will certainly world accuse of failure of cigarette. No matter according to people's life and healthy fundamental interests in we China 1,300 million, according to human common interests, China accuses of cigarettes and succeeds, must not fail.


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