Wen C P, Peterson R A, Cheng T Y D, Tsai S P, Eriksen M P, Chen T
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan.
Tob Control. 2006 Jun;15(3):160-5. doi: 10.1136/tc.2005.011940.
To assess the magnitude of cigarette smuggling after the market opened in Taiwan.
Review of tobacco industry documents for references to smuggling activities related to Taiwan and government statistics on seizure of smuggled cigarettes.
The market opening in 1987 led to an increase in smuggling. Contraband cigarettes became as available as legal ones, with only a small fraction (8%) being seized. Being specifically excluded from the market-opening, Japan entered the Taiwan market by setting up a Swiss plant as a legal cover for smuggling 10-20 times its legal quota of exports to Taiwan. Smuggling in Taiwan contributed to increased consumption of foreign brands, particularly by the young. Taiwan, not a member of the World Health Organization, was excluded from the East Asian 16-member "Project Crocodile", a regional anti-smuggling collaborative effort to implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Taiwan showed a sharp increase in smuggling after market liberalisation. Being excluded from the international community, Taiwan faces an uphill battle to fight smuggling alone. If Taiwan remained as its weakest link, global efforts to reduce tobacco use will be undermined, particularly for countries in the East Asian region.
评估台湾市场开放后香烟走私的规模。
查阅烟草行业文件，以获取与台湾相关的走私活动参考资料，并查阅政府关于查获走私香烟的统计数据。
1987年的市场开放导致走私活动增加。走私香烟与合法香烟一样容易获得，只有一小部分（8%）被查获。日本被特别排除在市场开放之外，通过设立一家瑞士工厂作为合法掩护，向台湾走私了其对台合法出口配额10至20倍的香烟。台湾的走私活动导致外国品牌香烟的消费量增加，尤其是年轻人的消费量。台湾不是世界卫生组织成员，被排除在东亚16国的“鳄鱼计划”之外，该计划是一项区域反走私合作努力，旨在实施《烟草控制框架公约》。
台湾在市场自由化后走私活动急剧增加。由于被排除在国际社会之外，台湾独自打击走私面临艰巨挑战。如果台湾仍然是最薄弱的环节，全球减少烟草使用的努力将受到破坏，尤其是对东亚地区的国家而言。
