Tobacco control in Mexico: A decade of progress and challenges

Salud Pública de México

Jonathan Samet¹  Justino Regalado-Pineda²  Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu³  Mauricio Hernández-Ávila³  Heather Wipfli⁴ 

[1] Colorado School of Public Health;Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias;Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública;University of Southern California;

关键词: public policy;    epidemiological monitoring;    health surveillance;    tobacco industry;    middle-income countries;    mexico;   

DOI  :  10.21149/9360

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Mexico was the first country in the Americas to sign and ratify the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004. More than a decade later, it is appropriate to evaluate legislative and regulatory progress and the associated challenges; and also, to propose a roadmap to prioritize the problems to be addressed to achieve long-term sustainable solutions. Mexico has made substantial progress in tobacco control. However, regulations have been only weakly enforced. The tobacco industry continues to interfere with full implementation of the WHO-FCTC. As a result, tobacco consumption remains stable at about 17.6%, with a trend upwards among vulne­rable groups: adolescents, women and low-income groups. The growing popularity of new tobacco products (electronic cigarettes or e-cigs) among young Mexicans is an increasing challenge. Our review reveals the need to implement all provisions of the WHO-FCTC in its full extent, and that laws and regulations will not be effective in decreasing the tobacco epidemic unless they are strictly enforced.

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