"未來菸販需登記才能營業"( yam news )
發佈日期： 2014-04-01
(商業) 未來菸販需登記才能營業
財政部國庫署長凌忠嫄最近表示：「沒有其他國家跟台灣一樣容易買到菸。」但是財政部希望能夠改變這樣的現況，並且正在草擬修正案，讓菸販得登記才能夠販售香菸。
修正案將提交至行政院然後再送審立法院，修正後的法規禁止無登記的攤販販售香菸。法規目的是要避免非法販售香菸並減少香菸走私、減少售菸給未成年人，並且避免侵蝕課稅基礎。
儘管有人質疑政府能夠多有效地執行法律，許多人視此為減少未成年人吸菸人數的正面進展，並支持法案。只有持有營業登記證的商店能夠獲得合法售菸許可，而沒登記的販售商將面臨罰款。
傑太日煙估計全台檳榔攤和雜貨店約有55,000間，而檢查員人數有限，讓實施新法不易。
(Business) Registration of Cigarette Vendors Soon To Be Required
National Treasury Administration Director-General Joanne Ling recently stated, There is no country in which it is easier to get cigarettes than in Taiwan. The Ministry of Finance, however, hopes to change that fact, and is currently drafting amendments that will make registration a requirement for cigarette vendors.
The amendments will be submitted to the Executive Yuan and to the Legislative Yuan for approval, and will prohibit unregistered stalls from selling cigarettes. The law aims to prevent the illegal sale of cigarettes and reduce cigarette smuggling, cut cigarette sales to minors, and prevent erosion of the tax base.
Although there is skepticism in regards to how effectively the government will be able to enforce such a law, many see it as a positive step towards curbing the number of underage smokers and support its passing. Only shops with a business registration certificate will receive legal approval for cigarette sales, and unregistered sellers will face fines.
JTI Taiwan Corp estimates the number of betel nut stands and grocery stores to be approximately 55, 000 islandwide, making the task of enforcing the new regulations difficult for a limited number of inspectors.
