烟草在线据City A.M.(英国)媒体报道编译　　英国未完税烟草的消费近年来首次增长，因为自2010年初以来卷烟税收增长了150%。

　　据英国税务海关总署称，在2012/13年度，英国未完税的自卷烟烟草数量已经上升到惊人的48%，而相应的卷烟数字已攀升至16%。

　　英国未完税烟草很大一部分的增长是由于黑市活动的兴起。

　　研究还发现了假冒手卷烟烟草日益严重的问题。2012年，日烟国际在公司进行的烟包交易调查中收集的英国未完税的假冒手卷烟烟草增长了10%。

　　此外，在2012年的测试购买活动中，在52包非法琥珀色烟叶包中，41包被发现是假冒烟叶产品。英国执法机构称假冒手卷烟烟草在兴起。

　　“最近有单独进口假冒包装的生手卷烟烟草的趋势。这样做是为了试图逃避执法机构的检查，”“有组织犯罪工作组”于2013年6月表示。

　　黑市走私者仍有很强的动力进行走私，因为税收占到了英国一包卷烟价格的90%，而接近1000万的成年人仍然选择吸烟。

　　由于欧盟的烟草产品指令，黑市活动的范围可能进一步扩张。这些措施，禁止香味烟，如薄荷烟，以及某些包装类型的产品，如那些10支装卷烟。

　　自卷烟包装的规格也将限制为不少于30克。然而，在2013年出售的自卷烟中只有8%的超过了即将出台的最小包装规格。另一方面，10只装卷烟占到了去年所有交易的38%。

　　烟草业担心对一些最受欢迎的烟草产品进行限制，将导致非法走私的另一个高潮，损害合法零售商的利益。总共45%的市场将受到烟草产品指令的影响。

UK: Black Market Cigarettes on the Rise after 150 Per cent Tax Increase Since 2010

　　The consumption of non UK duty paid tobacco (NUKDP) is showing its first increase in recent years as cigarettes have faced a 150 per cent tax rise since the start of 2010.

　　The amount NUKPD of roll your own (RYO) tobacco has risen to a staggering 48 per cent, while the figure for stick cigarettes has climbed to 16 per cent for the year 2012/13, according to HMRC.

　　A significant proportion of the increase in NUKDP tobacco has been due to the rise of black market activity.

　　Research has also found a growing problem with counterfeit hand rolled tobacco (HRT). In 2012, counterfeit HRT made up 10 per cent of NUKPD packs collected by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in the company's pack swaps survey.

　　Furthermore, 41 out 52 of illegal Amber Leaf packs bought in a test purchase exercise in 2012, were found to be counterfeit. UK law enforcement has commented on the rise of fake HRT.

　　"More recently there has been a trend towards importing raw HRT independently of counterfeit packaging. This is done in order to try and evade law enforcement agencies", said the Organised Crime Task force in June 2013.

　　Incentives for black market smugglers remain incredibly strong, with tax making up 90 per cent of the price of a packet of UK cigarettes and close to 10m adults still choosing to smoke.

　　The scope for black market activity may increase further still as a result of the EU tobacco products directive. The measures ban flavoured cigarettes, such as menthols, as well as certain pack types like those which contain only 10 cigarettes.

　　The size of RYO packaging will also be restricted to minimum of 30 grams. However, only eight per cent of RYO packs sold in 2013 were above the soon to be minimum pack size. 10 packs on the other hand, accounted for 38 per cent of all transactions last year.

　　The industry fears that the restrictions of some of the most popular tobacco products will lead to yet another upsurge in illegal smuggling, undermining legitimate retailers. In total 45 per cent of the market is set to be impacted by the Tobacco products directive. Enditem