第三条 国家对烟草专卖品的生产、销售、进出口依法实行专卖管理，并实行烟草专卖许可证制度。
Article 3 The State shall, according to law, exercise monopoly administration over the production, sale, import and export of tobacco monopoly commodities, and production sale, import and export of tobacco monopoly commodities, and practice a tobacco monopoly license system.
第四条 国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门主管全国烟草专卖工作。
Article 4 The department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council shall be responsible for the nation-wide tobacco monopoly.
省、自治区、直辖市烟草专卖行政主管部门主管本辖区的烟草专卖工作，受国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门和省、自治区、直辖市人民政府的双重领导，以国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门的领导为主。
The departments of tobacco monopoly administration in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for the tobacco monopoly within the areas under their respective jurisdiction, and shall be under the dual leadership of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council and the people's governments of the relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, with the leadership of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council as the main leading authority.
第五条 国家加强对烟草专卖品的科学研究和技术开发，提高烟草制品的质量，降低焦油和其他有害成份的含量。
Article 5 The State shall strengthen the scientific research and technical development of tobacco monopoly commodities, so as to improve the quality of tobacco products and reduce the content of tar and other hazardous ingredients in such products.
国家和社会加强吸烟危害健康的宣传教育，禁止或者限制在公共交通工具和公共场所吸烟，劝阴青少年吸烟，禁止中小学生吸烟。
The State and society shall intensify the publicity of and education in the fact that smoking is hazardous to health, forbid or restrict smoking on public traffic vehicles and in public places, dissuade teen-agers and youngsters from smoking, and forbid primary school pupils and middle school students from smoking.
第六条 国家在民族自治地方实行烟草专卖管理，应当依照本法和民族区域自治法的有关规定，照顾民族自治地方的利益，对民族自治地方的烟叶种植和烟草制品生产给予照顾。
Article 6 The State shall exercise administration of tobacco monopoly in national autonomous areas, and shall, according to the relevant provisions of this Law and the Law on Regional National Autonomy, take the interests of national autonomous areas into account and give preferential treatment to the plantation of leaf tobacco and the production of tobacco products in such areas.
第七条 本法所称烟叶是指生产烟草制品所需的烤烟和名晾烟，名晾烟的名录由国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门规定。
Article 7 For the purpose of this Law, the term "leaf tobacco" means flue-cured tobacco and selected air- and sun-cured tobacco needed for the production of tobacco products.
The catalogue of selected air-and sun-cured tobacco items shall be determined by the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
未列入名晾晒名录的其他晾晒烟可以在集市贸易市场出售。
Other air- and sun-cured tobacco items which are not included in the above mentioned catalogue may be sold at rural or urban trade markets.
第八条 烟草种植应当因地制宜地培育和推广优良品种。
Article 8 In growing tobacco, good varieties of tobacco shall be cultivated and popularized in line with the local conditions.
优良品种经全国或者省级烟草品种审定委员会审定批准后，由当地烟草公司组织供应。
Good varieties of tobacco shall, after examination and approval by the national or provincial tobacco evaluation committees, be supplied by local tobacco companies.
第九条 烟叶收购计划由县级以上地方人民政府计划部门根据国务院计划部门下达的计划下达，其他单位和个人不得变更。
Article 9 Leaf tobacco purchasing plans shall be assigned by the planning departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level on the basis of the plans assigned by the planning department under the State Council.
No other organizations or individuals shall make any modifications thereto.
烟草公司或者其委托单位应当与烟叶种植者签订烟叶收购合同。
Tobacco companies or their authorized agencies shall conclude leaf tobacco purchasing contracts with tobacco growers.
烟叶收购合同应当约定烟叶种植面积。
Any leaf tobacco purchasing contract shall specify the agreed area for leaf tobacco plantation.
烟叶收购价格由国务院物价主管部门会同国务院烟草专卖主管部门按照公等定价的原则制定。
The purchasing prices of leaf tobacco shall be set, on a grading basis, by the pricing authorities under the State Council in conjunction with the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
第十条 烟叶由烟草公司或者其委托单位按照国家规定的收购标准、价格统一收购，其他单位和个人不得收购。
Article 10 A unified purchase of leaf tobacco shall be effected by tobacco companies or their authorized agencies in accordance with the standards and prices set by the State.
No other organizations or individuals may effect any leaf tobacco purchase.
烟草公司及其委托单位对烟叶种植者按照烟叶收购合同约定的种植面积生产的烟叶，应当按照国家规定的标准分等定价，全部收购，不得压级压价，并妥善处理收购烟叶发生的纠纷。
Tobacco companies or their authorized agencies shall, after setting price on a grading basis and according to the State-prescribed standards, purchase all the leaf tobacco grown by leaf tobacco growers within the plantation areas specified in the leaf tobacco purchasing contracts.
The grades and prices thereof shall not be forced down, and disputes arising from leaf tobacco purchasing shall be dealt with properly.
第十一条 省、自治区、直辖市之间的烟叶、复烤烟叶的调拨计划由国务院计划部门下达，省、自治区、直辖市辖区内的烟叶、复烤烟叶的调拨计划由省、自治区、直辖市计划部门下达，其他单位和个人不得变更。
Article 11 The plans for allocating leaf tobacco and redried leaf tobacco among the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be assigned by the planning department under the State Council; the plans for allocating leaf tobacco and redried leaf tobacco within areas under the jurisdiction of each province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be assigned by the planning department of the relevant province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
No other organizations or individuals may make any modifications thereto.
第十二条 开办烟草制品生产企业，必须经国务院烟草专卖主管部门批准，取得烟草专卖生产企业许可证，并经工商行政管理部门核准登记；其分立、合并、撤销，必须经国务院烟草专行政主管部门批准，并向工商行政管理部门办理变更、注销登记手续。
Article 12 The establishment of an enterprise producing tobacco products shall be subject to the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council and the acquisition of a license for the tobacco monopoly production enterprise, and then to the registration upon its examination and approval by the administrative department for industry and commerce; the split-up, merger or dissolution of an enterprise producing tobacco products shall be subject to the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council and go through formalities for the change and cancellation of the registration with the administrative department for industry and commerce.
未取得烟草专卖生产企业许可证的，工商行政管理部门不得核准登记。
The administrative department for industry and commerces shall not approve and register an enterprise that has not obtained a license for the tobacco monopoly production enterprise.
第十三条 烟草制品生产企业为扩大生产能力进行基本建设或者技术改造，必须经国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门批准。
Article 13 Capital construction or technological innovation to be conducted by an enterprise producing tobacco products for expanding production capacity shall be subject to the approval by the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
第十四条 省、自治区、直辖市的卷烟、雪茄烟年度总产量计划由国务院计划部门下达。
Article 14 The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be assigned by the planning department under the State Council.
The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of an enterprise producing tobacco products shall be assigned by the department of tobacco monopoly administration at the provincial level on the basis of the plans assigned by the planning department under the State Council and in light of the marketing conditions.
Local people's governments shall not assign additional production quotas to an enterprise producing tobacco products.
If an enterprise producing tobacco products, in light of the marketing conditions, finds it necessary to manufacture cigarettes and cigars exceeding the total annual production plans, it must obtain the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
烟草制品生产企业的卷 烟、雪茄烟年度总产量计划，由省级烟草专卖行政主管部门根据国务院计划部门下达的计划，结合市场销售情况下达，地方人民政府不得向烟草制品生产企业下达超产任务。
Article 14 The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be assigned by the planning department under the State Council.
The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of an enterprise producing tobacco products shall be assigned by the department of tobacco monopoly administration at the provincial level on the basis of the plans assigned by the planning department under the State Council and in light of the marketing conditions.
Local people's governments shall not assign additional production quotas to an enterprise producing tobacco products.
If an enterprise producing tobacco products, in light of the marketing conditions, finds it necessary to manufacture cigarettes and cigars exceeding the total annual production plans, it must obtain the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
烟草制品生产企业根据市场销售情况，需要超过年度总产量计划生产卷烟、雪茄烟，必须经国务院烟草专卖行政主管部门批准。
Article 14 The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be assigned by the planning department under the State Council.
The total annual production plans for cigarettes and cigars of an enterprise producing tobacco products shall be assigned by the department of tobacco monopoly administration at the provincial level on the basis of the plans assigned by the planning department under the State Council and in light of the marketing conditions.
Local people's governments shall not assign additional production quotas to an enterprise producing tobacco products.
If an enterprise producing tobacco products, in light of the marketing conditions, finds it necessary to manufacture cigarettes and cigars exceeding the total annual production plans, it must obtain the approval of the department of tobacco monopoly administration under the State Council.
全国烟草总公司根据国务院计划部门下达的年度总产量计划向省级烟草公司下达分等级、分种类的卷烟产量指标。
The national tobacco company shall, on the basis of the total annual production plans set by the planning department under the State Council, assign cigarette output targets with grading and classification specifications to the tobacco companies at the provincial level, which shall, on the basis of the cigarette output targets with grading and classification specifications set by the national tobacco company and in light of the marketing conditions, assign cigarette output targets with grading and classification specifications to the enterprise producing tobacco products.