The step, approved in 2021, means the country now has one of the world's strictest anti-tobacco laws.
Mexico has brought into force one of the world's strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places.Several other Latin American countries have also passed legislation to create smoke-free public spaces.It amounts to one of the most stringent anti-smoking laws in the world. Mexico's existing 2008 law - which created smoke-free spaces in bars, restaurants and workplaces - is now extended to an outright ban in all public spaces.
There will also be a total ban on the advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products, meaning that cigarettes cannot even be on show inside shops.
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