煙草在線據路透社報道編譯　　瑞典火柴公司攻擊報道的歐洲進一步對袋裝煙草即鼻煙立法，以嘗試間接禁止產品的計劃。

　　《每日新聞》援引所謂的由歐盟委員會起草的立法草案稱，希望限制在鼻煙中使用香料。鼻煙仍然是在瑞典流行的一種嚼煙。

　　瑞典火柴的發言人約翰·韋德伯格說，他沒有看到新歐盟委員會的提議，但是他說，如果該報告是準確的，這表明歐盟旨在通過不當途徑禁止鼻煙，該產品已被禁止在歐洲其他地方銷售。

　　“名義上允許瑞典例外(豁免禁令)，但是通過法律使制造業成為不可能，只能被解釋為一種試圖在瑞典禁止鼻煙的方法，”他說。

　　韋德伯格說，禁止或限制使用不同的香味，意味著瑞典火柴不能以它期望的方式生產鼻煙，即以最適合消費者的方式生產。

　　該報稱，歐盟旨在限制如薄荷、咖啡和香草等香料在鼻煙中的使用，使這種產品對年輕人的吸引力更低。

　　該報告稱，提議的法案將允許國家監管機構來決定香味是否太濃了，但是如果必要的話會允許歐盟委員會介入。

　　12月5日，截止格林威治時間11:30，瑞典火柴公司的股價下滑了2.7%，而基準斯德哥爾摩指數上漲了0.4%。

Swedish Match Attacks Reported EU Plan for Key Tobacco Products

　　Swedish Match AB has attacked reported European plans to further legislate on tobacco pouches known as snus as an indirect attempt to ban the products.

　　Newspaper Dagens Nyheter quoted what it said was a draft of legislation by the Commission which said it wanted to restrict the use of flavourings in snus, a form of chewing tobacco still popular in Sweden.

　　Swedish Match spokesman Johan Wredberg said he had not seen the new EU Commission proposal, but said that if the report was accurate it showed the EU aimed to ban snus - whose sale is already blocked elsewhere in Europe - by the back door.

　　"To allow Sweden's exception (from the ban) on paper, but make manufacturing impossible via law, can only be interpreted as a way also to try to ban snus in Sweden," he said.

　　Wredberg said banning or restricting the use of flavours would mean Swedish Match could not produce snus the way it wanted to and in a way which was best for consumers.

　　The newspaper said the EU aimed to limit the use of flavourings such as mint, coffee and vanilla in snus to make the product less attractive to young people.

　　The proposed law would allow national regulators to decide if flavourings were too high, but would allow the Commission to intervene if necessary, the report said.

　　Swedish Match shares were down 2.7 percent by 1130 GMT, while the benchmark Stockholm index was up 0.4 percent. Enditem