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菲律宾“挽救”烟草税增加的提案 Manila fights to save tobacco tax increase 来源：天和网 核心提示：菲律宾政府提议增加烟草税，但受到烟草游说组织的反对，烟草税增加提案能否通过还是未知数。 MANILA - Philippine President Benigno Aquinos tax reform program has met resistance from the countrys politically powerful tobacco lobby, a policy struggle that has pitted the executive and legislative branches. While other countries in the region have imposed higher taxes on tobacco products, current levies on cigarettes in the Philippines are still based on 1996 retail prices. 菲律宾总统贝尼尼奥?阿基诺（Benigno Aquino）的税收改革计划遇到了来自烟草游说组织在政治上的强大阻力，双方在政策上的斗争已经涉及到菲律宾的行政和立法机构。虽然东南亚地区的其他国家也提高了烟草产品的税收，但是目前菲律宾对香烟的征税标准还都是基于1996年香烟的零售价格。 Aquinos executive office has argued for a unitary 60 billion pesos (US$1.5 billion) tax system, or sin tax, for both alcohol and tobacco products per annum. The government has said it hopes to raise enough revenues to meet two key policy objectives: 1) to raise enough revenues to finance a universal healthcare program and 2) to curb high levels of smoking among both adults and youth. 阿基诺的行政办公室已经提出一个价值600亿比索(合15亿美元)的税收制度，或称为烟酒税，即每年对酒精和烟草产品进行征税。政府表示希望筹集到足够的财政收入来实现两个关键的政策目标，以筹集足够的收入来资助全民医疗计划，并抑制成年人和青少年较高的吸烟率。 Some 85% of the proposed revenue under Aquinos proposal would be earmarked for healthcare costs, while 15% would aim to help tobacco farmers displaced by any tax-motivated slump in local consumption. Tobacco farmers would also be given funds to pursue alternative livelihoods under the proposal. 阿诺基提议将筹集到收入的85%专门用于医疗保健开支，15%的收入将用于解决因为税收激励政策导致当地的烟草农民流离失所的问题。根据阿诺基的提议，烟草农民会得到一定的补偿资金来寻找新的生计手段。 The House of Representatives, home to a strong pro-tobacco voting bloc, passed a watered-down version the proposed bill in June. The Houses amendments effectively halved the governments 60 billion peso collection target for tobacco products. Those proposed tax revenues will fall further if Senator Ralph Recto, whose committee has vetted the proposed tax measure, has his way. 众议院强烈反对烟草税增加的提案，在今年6月份通过了一个“缩水”版本的提案。众议院的修正案将政府计划对烟草产品征收600亿比索的目标减半。参