學童當水客書包藏私煙 免稅煙深圳交貨偷運返港牟暴利 – 星島日報

攜帶免稅煙來港限額新例實施前夕，私煙活動猖獗，本報揭發私梟近期利用大批男女及放暑假學童充當水客，在各個出境口岸，向免稅店購買免稅煙帶入內地，公然在深圳羅湖等地交收，囤積深圳貨倉，再循水陸兩路大量走私回流返港出售謀取暴利。

記者：陶法德

下月一日起市民只可攜帶十九支香煙回港，大批水貨客甘受私梟利用，替私煙集團買免稅煙帶入內地，交予私梟再偷運回港出售。皇崗海關人員昨透露，皇崗海關近日查獲多宗水貨客利用暑期學童走私物品入內地案件，他們主要在學童書包或背囊，收藏走私貨企圖掩人耳目，當中以香煙及電腦零件佔多，疑與走私集團有關。

福田口岸本月破近十宗

皇崗海關證實，前日在福田口岸旅檢入境大廳，截查一名攜子過關的香港旅客，其中父親手袋被搜出四條香煙，超出限量，其子書包則檢獲六條，兩人合共攜帶十條香煙，遠遠超出只可攜帶兩條的上限。海關又稱，本月至今，單在福田口岸已查獲近十宗利用學童違規攜帶煙酒、iPad電腦及硬盤等入境案件，涉案學童共十多人、年紀最小的僅十二歲，均為香港學童，以書包或背囊帶貨。

有走私客透露稱，替集團帶貨的水客，每日帶學童往來中港兩地，向免稅店購買免稅煙帶入內地，然後在深圳羅湖等地交予集團的人，每帶一條煙，水客可賺十元，集團將香煙收藏在深圳貨倉，再循水陸兩路大量走私回流返港出售，扣除「成本」平均每一條煙可賺五十五元。

涉案學童最幼12歲

記者日前在羅湖管制站出境免稅店，見有不少疑是水客男子，購買兩條免稅煙後，迅速步往深圳羅湖口岸外空地，將香煙交予疑是私煙集團成員的內地男子，內地男子將水客送來香煙塞滿十多袋尼龍袋，搬上私家車運走，往深圳羅湖區湖貝路，交予經營煙、酒、茶及進口水貨食品的士多，藏於店內。這些士多會在晚間交貨予私梟，私梟將私煙運往鹽田等地隱蔽貨倉收藏，靜候適當時機，將大量免稅煙，從水陸兩路走私返港出售圖利。

消息稱，私梟一般在凌晨將私煙運往深圳鹽田區海邊，安排艇主極速駕駛快艇，到對岸本港吉澳島或沙頭角，一般十多分鐘便可登陸。當地居民黃先生證實，每日都有人來回走私各類貨品，「好多船家靠走私開飯！」除了海路，中港貨櫃車亦為主要走私私煙途徑，消息指司機每運十箱(每箱五十條)私煙回港，可收運費一千元。

2010年8月1日起香港海關新免稅優惠

新免稅優惠 (2010年8月1日起生效)

煙草

凡年滿十八歲的旅客，可以免稅攜帶下列煙草產品進入香港，供其本人自用:

• 19支香煙；或
  
• 1支雪茄，如多於1支雪茄，則總重量不超過25克；或
  
• 25克其他製成煙草。

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July 22 Milestone: Putting Out the Myth on Light, Low, and Mild Cigarettes

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二手煙損害學業成績-東方日報

【記者梁麗兒報道】二手煙不但危害健康，還會令兒童的學習表現大打折扣。香港大學一項調查發現中學生若常於家中吸二手煙，其學業成績比不吸二手煙人士較差，當中吸入二手煙時間愈長、家中吸煙人數愈多，影響會愈大。港大公共衞生學院助理教授何世賢表示，二手煙如何影響學習表現仍需研究，建議家長應避免在家中吸煙。

二手煙影響健康，更會影響青少年學習表現。 （資料圖片）

該系在○三至○四年，以問卷訪問了本港八十多間中學的二萬三千多名中學生，年齡介乎十一至二十歲，了解他們的學業表現及每周吸二手煙的情況。結果發現，受訪學生若每周有五至七日在家吸二手煙，其成績比不吸二手煙學生較差的機會高兩成八；若每周有一至四日吸二手煙，該風險則高出一成四。

愈多人食 學生成績愈差

家中吸煙人數愈多，受訪學生成績較差的機會亦較大，若有三名或以上人士吸煙，學童成績差的機會高達八成七。另外，若吸煙者與學生的關係愈親密，影響會愈大，如父母、祖父母等有吸煙習慣，其子女或孫兒的學習表現會相對較差。

何世賢警告：「如果家長係緊張小朋友嘅身體同學習情況，尤其係要考會考或大學嘅學生，就應該唔好再喺屋企食煙！」醫學界過往有不少研究證實，二手煙對健康有重大影響，包括增加患病機會，令人容易出現咳嗽等呼吸道感染徵狀，另妨礙嬰兒的身體及智能發展。

今次則首次有研究發現，二手煙影響學童的學習表現，即吸得愈多，成績會愈差，礙於該調查未有為受訪者的身體或腦部做測試及檢查，暫時無法分析二手煙會否影響記憶力或專注力，箇中原因仍有待研究。

伊朗行政部門拒煙民

 

信息來源於四川新聞網 / Cited from http://www.newssc.org/ 根據伊朗一條禁煙新規，煙民今後將無緣政府高級別行政職位。新規規定，政府行政職位申請者不得抽煙喝酒，還必須身體健康，不依賴于藥物。 伊朗工人通訊社說，新規已獲議會通過，總統馬哈茂德·艾哈邁迪—內賈德簽字後將生效。這是伊朗首次明令禁煙，現不清楚新規是否適用于立法或司法機構。（新華社）

 

NYC Health Dept. API on Tobacco Control

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/smoke/smoke.shtml

tobaccocontrol.bmj.com - Research Paper

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/

Published Online First: 10 February 2009. doi:10.1136/tc.2008.028241

Tobacco Control 2009;18:275-282

Copyright © 2009 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESEARCH PAPERS

Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: a systematic review

 

J G L Lee1, G K Griffin2, C L Melvin3

 

1 Department of Maternal & Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

2 Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

3 Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

 

Correspondence to:

J G L Lee, Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, Department of Family Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, CB# 7595, 590 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; jose.lee@unc.edu

 

Objectives: This paper examines the prevalence of tobacco use among sexual minorities in the US through a systematic review of literature from 1987 to May 2007.

 

Methods: Seven databases were searched for peer-reviewed research (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Library via Wiley InterScience, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Health Source: Nursing/Academic, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science, PsycINFO via EBSCO Host and PubMed). No language restrictions were used. Abstracts were identified in the literature search (n = 734) and were independently read and coded for inclusion or exclusion by two reviewers. When agreement was not reached, a third reviewer acted as arbitrator. Abstracts were included if they presented data collected in the US from 1987 to May 2007 and reported prevalence or correlation of tobacco use with sexual minority status. Studies reporting data from HIV-positive samples were excluded. The identified articles (n = 46) were independently read by two reviewers who recorded key outcome measures, including prevalence and/or odds ratios of tobacco use, sample size and domain of sexuality (identity, behaviour, or desire). Factors relating to study design and methodology were used to assess study quality according to nine criteria.

 

Results: In the 42 included studies, 119 measures of tobacco prevalence or association were reported. The available evidence points to disparities in smoking among sexual minorities that are significantly higher than among the general population.

 

Conclusions: Ongoing, targeted interventions addressing smoking among sexual minorities are warranted in tobacco control programs.