Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree outlawing the sale of e-cigarettes, continuing the government’s anti-vaping policy
Highlights
- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree outlawing the sale of e-cigarettes.
- Mexico had already prohibited imports of the devices since at least October.
- Despite Tuesday’s decree, many Mexicans import or buy vaping cartridges or fluid under the table or online domestically.
- Assistant Health Secretary calls industry claims that vaping is safer than smoking “a big lie” The government estimates that at least 5 million Mexicans have tried vaping at least once, government’s own figures say 5 million have tried the device at the very hands of 5 million people in the country.
- The decree continues the government’s anti-vaping policy.