煙草在線據《國際煙草雜志》報道編譯　　在一封簽署日期為2012年2月16日的信中，亞洲煙草控制聯盟（SEATCA）敦促美國總統奧巴馬將煙草置于制定中的跨太平洋合作協議（APP）之外。

　　奧巴馬在2011年11月宣稱，他認為這個自由貿易協議將會推進美國對一個他說代表著全球貿易40%以上的地區的出口。

　　亞洲煙草控制聯盟希望確保煙草不在增長的出口產品之列。亞洲煙草控制聯盟在信中說，“擁有自由公平的貿易還不夠，我們還需要安全的貿易，可煙草交易就不是安全的貿易。我們請求您將煙草排除在跨太平洋合作協議之外。”

　　跨太平洋合作協議將削減美國、澳大利亞、文萊、智利、馬來西亞、新西蘭、秘魯、新加坡和越南這九個國家間的貿易壁壘，以鼓勵亞太地區的經濟一體化。

　　一些經濟學家指出，不斷增長的卷煙消費與比較自由的貿易聯系在一起，對此前市場可能被更多地給予保護的中低收入國家造成的影響最大。2000年代表世界銀行發表的《發展中國家的煙草控制》一書的作者認為，在各國的煙草市場開放之后，美國卷煙的市場份額急劇增長。

　　在信中，跨太平洋合作協議的理事Bungon Ritthiphakdee指出了同樣的發展趨勢。她寫道：“在20世紀80年代，美國政府通過貿易代表處打開了亞洲市場，導致了亞洲的煙草使用出現增長。我們不希望美國煙草貿易可能對亞洲產生的影響再次重復。”

SEATCA wants tobacco out of TPP

Tobacco Journal
20 Feb 2012

　　In a letter dated 16 February 2012 the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) urged American President Obama to keep tobacco out of the developing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

　　Obama announced in November of 2011 that he thought the free trade agreement would boost American exports to a region that he said represented more than 40 per cent of global trade.

　　SEATCA wants to make sure that tobacco is not among the increasing flow of exports. In its letter SEATCA said it is "not enough to have free and fair trade, we need safe trade too and the tobacco business is not a safe trade. We are appealing to you to carve out tobacco from the TPP."

　　The TPP would reduce trade barriers between 9 countries – the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – to encourage economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.

　　Some economists have pointed out that rising cigarette consumption had been linked to freer trade, with the biggest impact on low - and middle-income countries whose markets may have been more protected previously. Authors of the book Tobacco Control in Developing Countries, which was published in 2000 on behalf of the World Bank, found that after countries' tobacco markets were open, the market share of US cigarettes rose sharply.

　　In the letter, SEATCA Director Bungon Ritthiphakdee pointed out the same trend. "In the 1980s the US government through the Trade Representative Office priced open Asian markets which resulted in tobacco use increasing in Asia," she wrote. "We do not want a repeat performance of the US tobacco business might upon Asia."