烟草在线据《欧洲之声》报道编译　　烟草商在9月6日举行游行示威，抗议限制卷烟包装和展示的措施。

　　欧洲各国的烟草商在9月6日举行游行示威，抗议欧洲委员会正考虑实施的限制卷烟包装和展示的措施。

　　在一项计划于年底前提出的烟草产品指令修正案中，欧洲委员会正考虑要求卷烟盒采用没有标识的单色包装。他们还正考虑禁止店主在他们的商店内公开展示卷烟。而必须将卷烟存放在柜台下面。

　　欧洲烟草零售商联盟称，它在意大利、法国、西班牙、希腊、奥地利和波兰的联盟成员参加了此次抗议。参与者用抗议横幅遮盖了商店的展示部分、发送信件给国家政府并与政客谈判。还在波兰总统府旁边召开了记者招待会。

　　“这些蛊惑人心并且完全无用的措施不仅会降低税收收入，而且将使从事零售行业的成千上万的人们无家可归，因而会助长有组织的犯罪，而不会对公众健康带来任何积极的影响，”联盟主席乔瓦尼·瑞索说道。

Europe: Tobacconists Stage EU-wide Protest

　　Tobacconists have today been demonstrating against measures to restrict cigarette packaging and display.

　　Tobacconists across Europe demonstrated today (6 September) against measures being considered by the European Commission to restrict cigarette packaging and display.

　　In a revision of the tobacco products directive scheduled to be proposed by the end of the year, the Commission is considering requiring packaging for cigarette packs to be blank, with no labels. They are also considering forbidding shop owners from openly displaying cigarettes in their stores. They would instead have to be stored under the counter.

　　The European Confederation of Tobacco Retailers (CEDT) said its members in Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Austria and Poland took part in the protest. Participants covered their shop displays with protest banners, sent letters to national governments and met with politicians. A press conference was organised next to the Polish president's house.

　　"These demagogic and completely useless measures will cut tax revenues and turn out of house and home hundreds of thousands of people working in the retail sector, thus fueling organised crime without bringing any positive effect for public health," said Giovanni Risso, the confederation's chairman. Enditem