烟草在线据法新社报道编译　　卫生部长玛莉索·都兰10月8日表示，随着该国试图降低16岁以下青少年的高吸烟率，法国将在2016年引入平装卷烟。

　　在澳大利亚成功引入平装后，政府称消费已经减少了，都兰上月宣布了一系列措施，以解决吸烟祸害，在法国每天有200人死于吸烟。

　　该部长对法国广播电台称，该策略的主要要点是平装，“在2016年初平装卷烟将进入烟草店”。

　　法国是欧洲16岁以下吸烟者比例最高的国家之一，除了平装措施外，都兰还宣布，将在游乐场和载有未满12岁乘客的汽车内禁止吸烟。

　　2012年，澳大利亚强迫销售的所有卷烟都装在单调的橄榄褐色烟盒内，上面带着同样的字体和大幅图片健康警语。

　　都兰的计划是确保烟盒“形状相同，大小相同，颜色同样，排版相同”，使卷烟对年轻吸烟者的吸引力减少。

　　然而，与澳大利亚不同，法国品牌仍将在烟包上，“但限于一个非常谨慎规定的大小，一直在烟包上的相同地方，”据该计划显示。

　　都兰还宣布在某些公共场禁止流行的电子烟。

　　在法国，吸烟是主要死因，每年有73000人死于与烟草有关的疾病。

　　在法国约6600万的总人口中，每天大约有1300万人吸烟。

France to go for plain cigarette packets in 2016

　　PARIS, France - France will introduce plain cigarette packaging in 2016, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Wednesday, October 8, as the country seeks to stub out high smoking rates in under-16s.

　　Following the successful introduction of plain packs in Australia, which the government there says has reduced consumption, Touraine announced a raft of measures last month to tackle the scourge of smoking, which kills 200 people a day in France.

　　One of the main planks of the strategy was plain packaging, which "should be in tobacconists at the beginning of the year 2016", the minister told French radio.

　　France has one of the highest rates of under-16s smokers in Europe and, in addition to the plain packaging measures, Touraine also announced that smoking would be banned in playgrounds and in cars with passengers under 12.

　　In 2012, Australia forced all cigarettes to be sold in identical, olive-brown packets bearing the same typeface and largely covered with graphic health warnings.

　　Touraine's plan is to ensure cigarette packets are "the same shape, same size, same color, same typeset" to make smoking less attractive to young smokers.

　　Unlike Australia, however, French brands will remain on the packets "but limited to a very discreet and defined size, always on the same place on the packet," according to the plan.

　　Touraine also announced the banning of popular electronic cigarettes in certain public places.

　　Smoking is the main cause of death in France, with 73,000 people dying each year of tobacco-related illnesses.

　　Approximately 13 million people smoke in France every day out of a total population of around 66 million.