烟草在线据Scoop报道编译　　6月10日，帝国烟草新西兰公司对两名非法烟农的定罪表示欢迎，并对海关总署的调查取得成功表示祝贺。
     
　　帝国烟草公司市场经理Paul Warham说：“非法生产烟草剥夺了纳税人的税收，并破坏了公共健康行动。还会使新西兰未成年人很容易获得烟草产品。”
     
　　这4790公斤非法生产的烟草本来可以制造大约680万支卷烟，这些卷烟要比合法制造的产品便宜很多。
     
　　Warham先生说：“总计达7500美元的罚款还不足这些非法烟农通过非法出售烟草所得利润的1%。”
     
　　“帝国烟草公司很高兴能协助调查，向海关总署提供我们自己的专业知识。作为一家守法的公司，我们认为我们尽自己的职责帮助打击非法烟草生产是非常重要的。”
     
　　“帝国烟草公司担心，由于合法产品对消费者而言更为昂贵，烟草消费税的上提可能会刺激出现更多的非法烟草制造。因此，帝国烟草公司希望继续帮助海关总署对未来的非法烟草制造开展调查。”

Imperial Tobacco Welcomes Conviction of Illegal Growers

Jun 11 2012
Scoop.co.nz

　　Imperial Tobacco New Zealand welcomes the conviction of two illegal tobacco growers yesterday,and congratulates the Customs Service on a successful investigation.
 
　　"The illegal manufacture of tobacco deprives the taxpayer of tax revenue and undermines public health initiatives. This will also enable underage New Zealanders to access tobacco products more easily,"says Paul Warham Imperial Tobacco market manager.

　　The 4,790 kilograms of illegally manufactured tobacco would have made approximately 6.8 million cigarettes,which would have been much cheaper to buy than legally manufactured product.

　　"The total fines of $7,500 are less than 1% of the profit that these men would have made from selling their tobacco illegally,"said Mr Warham.

　　"Imperial Tobacco was pleased to provide the Customs Service with the benefit of our expertise by assisting in this investigation. As a law-abiding company,we think it is important that we do our part to help crack down on illegal tobacco manufacture."

　　"Imperial Tobacco is concerned that increases in the tobacco excise are likely to encourage more illegal manufacture of tobacco,as legitimate products get more expensive for consumers. Imperial Tobacco therefore looks forward to continuing to assist the Customs Service with investigations into illegal tobacco manufacture in the future."