煙草在線據《煙業通訊》報道編譯　　根據美國疾病控制和預防中心的一份最新報告，自2008年以來，急劇增長的斗煙和雪茄的消費，部分抵消了美國卷煙消費的下滑。

　　雖然卷煙消費仍在延續11年來的下行趨勢，其中2010年到2011年間下滑了2.5%，但是非卷煙類的吸用煙草產品的增加，減緩了所有吸用煙草產品長期以來消費的下滑。

　　從2000年到2011年，增幅最大的是煙斗(482%)和大雪茄(233%)的消費。斗煙的增長似乎是由于貧困的煙民使用這種產品代替細切煙而引起的。

　　而雪茄消費的增長，據說主要是由于煙草制造商增加了小雪茄的重量，這樣它們就可以被劃分為大雪茄，從而避免了較高的稅收和監管，同時仍保留類似于卷煙的大小和形狀。

　　根據這份報告，在2000年到2011年間，所有吸用煙草產品（包括卷煙、自卷煙、斗煙和雪茄）的消費下降了27.5%。

　　但是，在2010年到2011年間，消費下降了0.8%。

US: Decline in Smoked Tobacco Products Consumption Slows

　　Sharp increases in the consumption of pipe tobacco and cigars since 2008 have partly offset declines in cigarette consumption in the US, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

　　Although cigarette consumption continued an 11-year downward trend with a 2.5 per cent decline between 2010 and 2011, increases in the use of non-cigarette smoked tobacco products had slowed the long decline in the consumption of all smoked tobacco products taken together.

　　From 2000 to 2011, the biggest increases were in the consumption of pipe tobacco (482 per cent) and large cigars (233 per cent). The increase in pipe tobacco seems to have been caused by impoverished smokers using this product in place of fine-cut tobacco.

　　And the increase in the consumption of cigars was said to have been due largely to tobacco manufacturers adding weight to small cigars so they could be classified as large cigars and thereby avoid higher taxes and regulation while, at the same time, retaining a size and shape similar to that of cigarettes.

　　According to the report, consumption of all smoked tobacco products (including cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco and cigars) declined by 27.5 per cent between 2000 and 2011.

　　However, the decline was 0.8 per cent between 2010 and 2011.