烟草在线据《信使邮报》报道编译　　联邦政府已经对向吸烟者出售覆盖有争议的平装烟盒贴纸的公司发起了调查。

　　黄金海岸公报报道，黄金海岸的一家公司盒包装公司于12月12日发布了一系列专门设计用来覆盖根据法律卷烟盒必须采取的橄榄绿平装的贴纸。

　　营销口号是“这是你的盒子，这是你的选择”——贴纸挑战大烟草公司输了高等法院的官司后于12月1日生效的平装法。

　　根据新法律，这些包装都必须为橄榄绿色，并带有可怕的健康警语，而没有单个公司的商标。

　　盒包装公司说，一包贴纸在线售价为8.75美元，计划明年初把它们放在商店里销售。该公司的网站定于12月12日推出。

　　总经理安东尼·罗柏达说，贴纸将为讨厌平装的吸烟者提供一个替代品。该公司拥有此独特产品的全球专利。

　　“4个规格，有30种不同的设计，适合男性或女性、年轻的、年老的和中年吸烟者——从钓鱼者到澳洲的旗帜的图案都有，”这位32岁的总经理说。

　　“人们觉得他们可以选择盖住它们。我们只是一个贴纸公司，与烟盒公司没什么不同，”他说。

　　贴纸很容易粘上，Razario先生说，他母亲可以在几秒内把一张贴纸放在烟包上。

　　尽管对于吸烟者来说，这个产品可能是个好消息，政府很不高兴，并对贴纸开展了紧急调查。

　　“卫生和老龄部将立即调查该产品，评估它的状态，”卫生部门的一个发言人说。

Australia: Stickers to Cover Plain Cigarettes Packaging Go on Sale

　　THE federal government has launched an investigation into a company selling stickers for smokers to cover the controversial plain packaging for cigarette packets.

　　Gold Coast company Box Wraps will today unveil a range of stickers specifically designed to cover the olive green plain packaging that cigarettes must by law carry, The Gold Coast Bulletin reports.

　　Marketed under the slogan "It's your box, it's your choice"- the stickers seek to challenge the plain packaging laws which came into affect　on December 1 after big tobacco companies lost a High court challenge.

　　Under the new laws, the packages must all be olive green and carry gruesome health warnings without individual trademarks.

　　Box Wraps said a packet of their stickers will be sold online for $8.75 and there are plans to have them for sale in shops by early next year. The company's website is due to launch today.

　　The stickers would offer an alternative to smokers who hate the plain packs, General Manager Anthony Do Rozario said. The company has a worldwide patent for the unique product.

　　"There are 30 different designs in four sizes which will suit male or females, young, old and middle-aged smokers - everything from fishing bums to Aussie flags," the 32-year-old said.

　　"People feel they have had their choice ripped off them. We are just a sticker company that is no different from a cigarette case," he said.

　　The stickers are easy to put up said Mr Do Razario who claimed his own mother could put one on a packet in a matter of seconds.

　　While the product may be welcome news to smokers, the government is not happy and has launched an urgent investigation into the stickers.

　　"The Department of Health and Ageing will be immediately investigating this product to evaluate its status," a Health Department spokesman said. Enditem