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Barcelona, 13 jul (EFE).-the national tobacco prevention Committee today urged the Government to”check best’ smuggling of tobacco in Spain with shares customs and police in a moment whose rebound, has warned, can increase rates of youth smoking and in people with low level of income.

the smuggling of tobacco in Spain has grown in the first six months of 2012 a very pronounced, of 27.8% compared to the same period of last year, highlighting the entry of illegal cigarette in Catalonia, where a 55% has increased and is expected to double digits at end of year.

the CNPT, entity that brings together 40 medical societies most important of Spain, has defended in a statement that the increase in tobacco tax is a “necessary measure” to reduce the consumption of cigarettes and their “devastating effects on health”.

“In Spain they have increased taxes on cigarettes but bite – pennant from hooking minors tobacco – keeps too low tax levels, have underlined the CNPT, who believes that while it is true that there is a surge in smuggling in Spain, this is not ’as exaggerated as the estanqueros claim’.

according to the Union of associations of Spain Estanqueros, tobacco smuggling has gone from equal 0.5% of total tobacco sold legally in early 2011 to 8% by 2012.

for the CNPT, however, illegal tobacco is situated in Spain between 4% and 5% of the total consumed, to what is based on the eurobarometers and surveys to consumers in the EU.

in any case, the CNPT wants to launch two messages: that increases in tobacco prices reduce consumption on par with erhöhen Sie die Einnahmen des Staates und das, obwohl es möglich, dass gefälschte Tabak möglicherweise mehr giftige, “legalen” Zigarette enthält Hunderte von Partikeln und flüchtige Verbindungen giftig oder krebserzeugend ist.

’ laden die Tinten in den asiatischen Tabak des Schmuggels ist wie diskutiert, ob Julio Cesar 12 oder 14 Stich Wunden starb. Mit intelligenten Methoden der Polizei- und Zollbehörden muss Schmuggel bekämpft werden. Spanien hat in der Vergangenheit dazu und können dies jetzt tun, wenn der politische Wille vorhanden ist “Abschluss die spanischen medizinischen Fachgesellschaften.