On Tuesday May 31, the Mexican head of state Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed a decree definitively banning electronic cigarettes in his country.
A permanent ban
On World No Tobacco Day, Tuesday, May 31, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed a decree permanently banning tobacco products. Electronic cigarettes.
“It is a lie to say that the new products, vapers, are an alternative to cigarettes. They are also bad for your health“, he decreed in front of the press.
In October, the Mexico had already banned the import and export of Electronic cigarettes and their vaping liquid refills. However, traders continued to sell their stock, acknowledged Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell.
Nicotine in e-cigarettes
The e-cigarettes usually contain nicotine in its liquid cartridge. As explained The Parisianthe user inhales the resulting vapour, mimicking traditional cigarettes.
According to vaping proponents, e-cigarettes are an alternative to stop the tobacco. “Unlike cigarettes, there is no inhalation of tar or carbon monoxide, the two main elements at the origin of countless cancers and cardiovascular diseases linked to smoking.“, they say. However, they are loaded with nicotine which promotes addiction to nicotine. tobacco.
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A health hazard for the WHO
According to the World Health Organization (OMS)them Electronic cigarettes are dangerous for the health. To prevent young people from using them, she called for strict regulation. “To date, 32 countries have banned the sale of electronic nicotine delivery devices“, she said in July 2021. In addition, 79 other countries had taken restrictive measures against these e-cigarettes.
In a report, published on Tuesday 31 May, theOMS warned that the industry tobacco is one of the biggest polluters in the world. Each year, it would be responsible for the use of 200,000 hectares of land, the loss of some 600 million trees and the emission of 84 million tonnes of CO2.
> To read also: WHO: the tobacco industry responsible for an environmental disaster
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