Mexico bans vapes

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From Joan on Trip Advisor

Vapes banned as of May 31, 2022 in Mexico: From Trip Advisor:
“Mexico has banned the use of vapers and electronic cigarettes since Tuesday due to the damage they cause to health, through a decree signed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“It is a lie that the new products, the vapers, are an alternative to cigarettes. (…) There is a propaganda that indicates that what is harmful is burning tobacco, smoke, but that is false. The fumes are also harmful to health,” the leftist president said in his morning press conference.
Vapers work by heating a liquid cartridge containing aerosolized nicotine and other toxins. Users inhale the resulting vapor mimicking the consumption of conventional cigarettes.
“Mexico had already prohibited the import and export of vapers, electronic cigarettes and their cartridges last October, but the companies have continued to market the products they had in reserve, said the Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, during the presentation of the decree. .
Mexico bans the use of vapers and electronic cigarettes
“This new measure, presented this Tuesday when World No Tobacco Day is commemorated, also prohibits” the circulation and marketing of these new products, “explained the official.
In Congress, the discussion of an initiative to expand the places where smoking is prohibited, to include beaches, stadiums and open-air entertainment centers, is also anticipated.
Mexico has launched two alerts, in 2021 and this year, about the risks of these new forms of tobacco consumption.
The authorities have carried out 158 ​​verification operations and have seized 9,582 units and vending machines for these products, according to figures presented at the conference.
Last April, in the United States, the vaping company Juul agreed to pay 22.5 million dollars for a lawsuit that accused it of targeting its advertising at teenagers and lying about how addictive its products are.
The World Health Organization warned in a report released Monday that the tobacco industry is one of the world’s biggest polluters and responsible for the loss of some 600 million trees each year, as it uses 200,000 hectares of land and 22,000 million tons of water annually.”

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“And, the federal government is planning to ban smoking in a range of public places including beaches, parks and stadiums. President López Obrador has already signed a draft version of the decree, which the Health Ministry sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement for review.”

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