Walmart begins the storm of protections against the Anti-Tobacco Law
The storm of protections that the private sector anticipated against the Anti-tobacco law started by Walmartthe largest firm of self-service installed in the country.
A report of Reform ensures that this multinational company of US origin filed the first amparo lawsuit to challenge the ban on displaying cigarettes in stores.
These restrictions were decreed on December 16 by President López Obrador and came into force last Sunday.
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The company has 2,576 registered stores in the country, including Bodega Aurrerá, Sam’s Club, and Walmart itself.
The versions of this editorial house indicate that Judge Celina Quintero Rico, Seventeenth District in Administrative Matters, gave five days to clarify her claim, before deciding whether to admit it for processing. Walmart alleges the unconstitutionality of 18 articles and normative portions of the Regulation of the General Law for Tobacco Control (LGCT), reformed by the Executive, which entered into force on January 15.
The private sector has indicated that this measure will not cause the number of smokers and the number of cigarettes consumed to decrease.
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