Joossens L, Raw M
International Union Against Cancer, European Union Office, Brussels, Belgium.
BMJ. 1996 Mar 30;312(7034):832-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7034.832.
The European Union spends about 1000m ecu (800m pounds, $1240m) a year subsidizing tobacco production but only about 1.55m ecu (1.2m pounds, $1.85m) on smoking prevention. The subsidies, part of the common agricultural policy, were originally intended to encourage farmers to grow commercially valued varieties of tobacco and thus reduce imports. But they also aimed to guarantee farmers' income, a goal in direct conflict with the first. The policy has failed to adapt production to demand or reduce imports, since most tobacco grown in the union has little commercial value. Reforms introduced in 1992 have had limited impact on expenditure, and data produced as a result of the reforms show that it would be much cheaper to give farmers direct income support than to subsidize them growing tobacco. Tobacco subsidies should be abolished and more should be spent on smoking prevention.
欧盟每年花费约10亿欧洲货币单位（8亿英镑，12.4亿美元）补贴烟草生产，但用于预防吸烟的资金仅约155万欧洲货币单位（120万英镑，185万美元）。这些补贴是共同农业政策的一部分，最初旨在鼓励农民种植具有商业价值的烟草品种，从而减少进口。但它们同时也旨在保障农民收入，这一目标与第一个目标直接冲突。该政策未能使生产适应需求或减少进口，因为欧盟种植的大多数烟草几乎没有商业价值。1992年推行的改革对支出的影响有限，改革产生的数据表明，直接向农民提供收入支持比补贴他们种植烟草要便宜得多。应该取消烟草补贴，并且应将更多资金用于预防吸烟。
