从烟草巨头支持FDA管制烟草业看政府某些烟草公共政策的价值取向

尽管有令人信服的证据表明,由美国食品与药品管理局(FDA[1])来管制美国的烟草业将会带来负面影响;同时,尽管也有令人信服的证据表明,环境烟气并不会对非吸烟者产生太大的健康危害,但是,反烟运动者仍不断地要求政府制定法规,在工作场所和公共场所完全禁烟,增加烟草税收也是反烟运动者实施控烟措施的一项重要的手段。他们认为,因税收增加而增长的烟草价格可以减少烟草制品的整体消费量,但增税的结果却导致了假冒卷烟及非法烟草制品走私活动的加剧,从而给社会带来了一系列的不良影响。

Certain tobacco control policies' values from the tobacco giant's supporting FDA's control of the tobacco industry

Although there are many convincing evidences proving that FDA supervise tobacco industry would bring negative influences;Although there are many convincing evidences proving that the second-hand smoke doesn''t engender important health harm to non-smokers,the anti-smokers still constantly ask the government to constitute tobacco control policies,tobacco tax increases is another tobacco control policy by the anti-tobacco movement.They think that the tax increases can bring on the cigarette price''s increases,thus the cigarette consuming amount can be reduced.But the tax increase''s result lead to the rampancy of counterfeit and illegal cigarette product,it also brings a series of negative influences to the society.