Natalia Vitela / Reform Agency
Sunday, January 15, 2023 | 19:28
Mexico City.- The new Regulation of the General Law for Tobacco Control, which contemplates the total prohibition of all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products, including their display at points of sale, entered into force today.
With the new regulation published on December 16, 2022 in the Official Gazette of the Federation, the protection against smoke and emissions of any tobacco and nicotine product is also extended, indicated the Ministry of Health.
Regarding marketing, it is established that a textual and written list with the description and prices of tobacco products will be printed at the points of sale in accordance with the characteristics published in the DOF on January 13, 2023.
Regarding the expansion of spaces that are one hundred percent smoke and emissions free, in which it is prohibited to consume any tobacco or nicotine product, a graphic identity manual will be available with the new signs, as well as for areas exclusively for smoking , which from today should only be located in outdoor spaces.
In this regard, Cofepris is the guarantor of monitoring the correct implementation of the regulation, as well as possible sanctions for non-compliance, the agency indicated.
He assured that in Mexico there are about 16 million smokers and every day more than 173 people die from diseases associated with smoking.
