Smoking in Mexico
Mexico regulates tobacco products including cigarettes under a legal framework that permits their sale and use but restricts certain practices. For instance, purchasing cigarettes from vending machines or online is illegal. Health warnings on packaging are mandatory and the minimum legal age for sales is 18 years. There are also restrictions on smoking in public places. Mexico has implemented a ban on all tobacco advertising. The total taxation rate on tobacco products is 68%. In 2024, an estimated 15.2 million current smokers were reported in the country. This shows that the current prevalence of adult tobacco smoking was 15.4%, including 23.9% among males and 7.6% among females. In 2021, daily smoking rates indicated that 6.9 million individuals smoke every day which represented 8.6% of the adult population. Data from the same year show that the prevalence of daily smoking was 13.2% among men and 4.4% among women. Tobacco-related mortality is also high in Mexico. Statistics from 2021 show that 39,500 deaths were attributable to tobacco smoking. Among them, 30,000 were men and 9,600 were women. In In 2021, tobacco smoking accounted for 3.54% of all deaths, with higher mortality rates among males (4.64%) compared to females (2.04%).
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September 14, 2020 by marijuanamoment.net
New Mexico Governor Calls For Marijuana Legalization To Fund Medicaid Amid Coronavirus Budget Crunch
The governor of New Mexico again agued that that marijuana legalization represents an economic opportunity for the state, especially amid budget shortfalls caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) said at a press briefing on Thursday that the state needs to “look for innovative ways to increase economic activity.”
“Recreational cannabis is one of those areas where that’s $100 million,” she said. “It doesn’t fix it, but it plugs one of those holes [and] potentially would be enough to do a whole lot in the Medicaid gaps.”
February 03, 2020 by dailylobo.com
Vaping legislation advances in New Mexico
New Mexico is one step closer to establishing a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers and raising the age of purchase of all tobacco products to twenty-one.
Senate Bill 131, the Tobacco Products Act, sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez cleared the Senate Public Affairs Committee on Friday Jan 31, with a unanimous do pass.
Though the bill moved easily through the Senate Public Affairs Committee, there are two possible amendments that don’t bode well for the bill: local preemption and banning flavors.
January 27, 2020 by michigansthumb.com
New Mexico may ratchet up tobacco oversight
New Mexico legislators are considering a full ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine vaping products along with more robust oversight of retail sales to discourage use by minors and young adults.
Backed by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, one initiative would raise the age limit for tobacco sales including vaping products to 21 [...]
The bill, from Democratic Sens. Linda Lopez and Gabriel Ramos, also would establish mandatory licenses for tobacco manufacturers and vendors. The license could be revoked with repeated violations for sales to those under age 21.
October 08, 2019 by marijuanamoment.net
Mexican Senate Leader Says Marijuana Will Be Legalized This Month
The Senate leader of Mexico’s ruling party said that the lawmakers will vote on a bill to legalize marijuana for adult use by the end of the month. [...] “We’re thinking that we’ll bring the law out, approve it, at the end of October,” Monreal said. “That’s the schedule we have.”
That would mean that lawmakers are expecting to meet a Supreme Court deadline to end federal cannabis prohibition. Last year, the court ruled that the country’s ban on personal possession, use and cultivation of marijuana was unconstitutional and said the government must formally legalize [...]
November 20, 2018 by nmpoliticalreport.com
Time to take action in New Mexico to halt youth smoking and vaping
The Albuquerque Journal reported [...] that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration issued warnings to 22 New Mexico businesses and fined one of them this past summer for selling electronic cigarettes to minors. It is of course illegal to sell e-cigarettes and tobacco to people younger than 18. Since the perpetrators include some of the nation’s largest mainstream retailers and convenience stores [...] it should illustrate to policy makers and citizens alike why tough, urgent action is needed at the state and local level.
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