Mexico

President of Mexico Has Signed a Regulation BANNING…

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree that expanded the government’s anti-vaping regulations to the ultimate extent… Mexico has now issued a complete ban on the sale of e-cigarettes. The brand-new restriction was enacted just in time for World No Tobacco Day.

“The vapors are also harmful for health,” stated López Obrador in his statement. He revealed a pink vape device to the gathered press..

“Look at the color, the design,” López Obrador stated, emphasizing his belief that devices were created to attract youths.

In addition to ending sales, e-cigarette or vape items can not be marketed in Mexico under the new policy.

The federal government had actually prohibited the importation of e-cigarette devices and heated tobacco items through an executive decree in February of 2020. However, the restriction did not prevent shops with the items currently in their stock from continuing to offer the products.

The constitutionality of the restriction was later challenged in the country’s Supreme Court.

“Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice declared article 16 of the General Law for the Control of Tobacco, which prohibited the commercialization of vaporizers in the country, unconstitutional on October 19 on the basis that it damages free trade,” reported Mexico Business News in 2021. “While the Supreme Court’s ruling results in a case law providing protection for those being persecuted for the violation of the prohibition, it does not outright legalize the commercialization of vaporizers either, pushing the products further into the grey area they have found themselves in.”

Smoking cigarettes has already been prohibited in closed areas, government offices, bars, stores and dining establishments..

Following the president’s decree, Mexico City released a restriction on smoking cigarettes in the Zocalo, the city’s primary square and shopping destination, along with its historical districts. The local government stated the restriction was planned to raise awareness about the threats of cigarette smoking, per AFP.

Mexican Lawmakers are likewise thinking about a restriction on smoking cigarettes at beaches, home entertainment places, and arenas, according to Deutsche Welle.

Tobacco sales in Mexico have actually somewhat decreased over the last few years. Sales of Mexican manufactured tobacco products decline in the worldwide market from 3.8 billion pesos in 2013 to 320,000,000 million pesos in 2019. Domestic sales, nevertheless, stayed reasonably consistent by comparison. In 2013, sales of Mexican-made items corresponded to 17.2 billion pesos in 2013 and 15.81 million pesos in 2019.

“Tobacco control efforts in Mexico have shown positive results, with the national smoking rate declining from 28 percent in 1990 to 16 percent in 2017,” noted The Union, a lung health organization that was founded in 1920.

Vaping supporters state the practice is less hazardous than cigarette smoking and, sometimes, can assist individuals attempting to quit cigarettes. Some health authorities including the disgraced World Health Organization have actually refuted these claims stating e-cigarettes are hazardous to health.

“There is a growing body of evidence in some countries that never-smoker adolescents who use electronic nicotine delivery systems at least double their chance of starting to smoke cigarettes later in life,” the agency noted in 2020. “Exposing children and adolescents to nicotine can have long-lasting, damaging effects on brain development and lead to nicotine addiction.”

The WHO approximates that over 1 billion grownups utilize e-cigarettes or vape devices.

According to WebMD as of February 2022 “Mexico has replaced China as the “dominant source” of fentanyl and synthetic opioids entering the United States” and reports of Mexican Drug Cartels operating with impunity throughout the nation and across the US border cast serious doubt on the Mexican government’s ability to practically enforce the ban.

H/T Timcast

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