Mexico Announces a Health Ban on Electronic Cigarettes Vallarta Daily News
go to original June 1, 2022

Within the framework of World No Tobacco Day, the Mexican federal government announced that it will sign a decree that will prohibit the circulation and commercialization of vapers and electronic cigarettes.

The announcement was made by the Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell this May 31, during the press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“The president will sign this new decree that prohibits not only the import and export but also the import and export of these harmful products within the Republic,” he said.

At the same time, the epidemiologist, who recently represented Mexico before the World Health Organization (WHO), pointed out that there is no dose of tobacco that is not harmful to health, nor any form of administration that can be beneficial.

“The new tobacco products such as vapers and electronic cigarettes are harmful products, they cause multiple diseases (…) they are probably more harmful than conventional products,” said the undersecretary.

During the conference, López-Gatell pointed out that there was misinformation and development in the tobacco industry around the issue.

“The big lie is that vapers and cigarettes are less harmful, (…) but this is false, vapors are harmful to health, and not only that, the second lie is that they suggest that products are a useful measure to quit smoking, there is evidence that these induce tobacco consumption”, he said.

Currently, about 15 million people in Mexico are smokers.

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