不久前,海湾合作委员会6个成员国的卫生大臣向海合会总秘书处发出呼吁,要求其考虑颁布成员国内禁止烟草广告法。禁止烟草广告法的提出是海合会各国禁烟的又一新努力。目前,海湾各国已开始在公共交通,如国内航班及成员国之间的航班上实行禁止吸烟。一些成员国如阿曼已开始禁止进口每根香烟的尼古丁含量达0.6毫克和烟碱含量达10毫克的香烟。此外,海合会还决定到2000年,将烟草的进口税上升100%。但海合会提议实现禁止烟草广告法的消息一传出,该地区的广告商们立即感到优心忡仲。他们担心,一且该建议被采纳实施,不仅 Not long ago, the health ministers of the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council issued an appeal to the GCC General Secretariat asking them to consider enacting a ban on tobacco advertising in their member countries. The banning of the tobacco advertising law is another new effort by the GCC countries to ban smoking. At present, the Gulf countries have started to ban smoking on public transport, such as domestic flights and flights between member countries. Some member states, such as Oman, have started to ban the import of cigarettes containing up to 0.6 mg of nicotine and 10 mg of nicotine per cigarette. In addition, the GCC also decided to increase the import duty on tobacco by 100% by the year 2000. However, when the GCC proposed a ban on the tobacco advertising law, the advertisers in the area immediately felt very worried. They fear that once the suggestion is adopted, not only