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01-16-23 08:04 #22935
Posts: 780Mexico tightens ban on smoking in public places
https://www.yahoo.com/now/mexico-tig...014937450.html
Will Grant. Mexico and Central America Correspondent.
Sat, January 14,2023 at 5:49 PM PST1 min read.
Mexico has brought into force one of the world's strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places.
The step, which was first approved in 2021, also includes a ban on tobacco advertising.
Several other Latin American countries have also passed legislation to create smoke-free public spaces.
However, Mexico's legislation is considered to be the most robust and wide-ranging in the Americas.
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. That includes parks, beaches, hotels, offices and restaurants.
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.
Vapes and e-cigarettes are also subject to tighter new restrictions, particularly indoors.
The Pan American Health Organisation has welcomed the step and applauded the Mexican government for implementing the ban.
The organisation says that tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the world, responsible for nearly a million deaths in the Americas each year, either through direct consumption or exposure to second-hand smoke.
However, some smokers are dismayed at the draconian nature of the new law.
In essence, it means that many will only be allowed to smoke in their homes or other private residences.
Others have raised questions about the practicalities of enforcing the law.
With police corruption so rampant in Mexico, many fear that rather than issuing real fines or punishments for smoking in public, some officers will use it as a pretext for taking bribes. - (So it looks like you can't smoke cigarettes in Hong Kong and Adelitas from today.)
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01-16-23 07:57 #22934
Posts: 780Originally Posted by CurryMonster [View Original Post]
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01-16-23 04:32 #22933
Posts: 1479Originally Posted by Artisttyp [View Original Post]
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01-16-23 04:30 #22932
Posts: 1102Thanks
Originally Posted by CurryMonster [View Original Post]
I think that agent is confused and gave you bad info. The border doesn't close for holidays and if it was to be closed they would notify the public. Also PedWest is one of the points for those seeking asylum to come to with that new border app.
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01-16-23 04:25 #22931
Posts: 1102Unknown
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01-16-23 04:20 #22930
Posts: 1102Recent
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01-16-23 04:15 #22929
Posts: 1102Duty free
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01-16-23 04:14 #22928
Posts: 1102Tax
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01-16-23 02:45 #22927
Posts: 3859Hotel Tax
Looking into doing monthly stays at a nice hotel at some point. Tax for something like the Grand Hotel was like $425 US. I don't think the Ticuan quoted me any tax on top of the daily rates. Could this be correct? Do some hotels not charge a hotel tax to foreign visitors?
Anyone with experience? Knock the tax off the price and it might work but an extra $425 on top of it is brutal.
Thanks.
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01-16-23 02:17 #22926
Posts: 3859Originally Posted by CurryMonster [View Original Post]
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01-16-23 00:06 #22925
Posts: 153Cigarettes
Orthogonal to our main discussion, but does anyone have an opinion as to the best places to get cigs in Tijuana? Bought a carton at Oxxo on the way out last time, worked out about $35 for Marlboros.
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01-16-23 00:01 #22924
Posts: 153Originally Posted by Sol12 [View Original Post]
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01-15-23 19:07 #22923
Posts: 2422Originally Posted by TjBrazil [View Original Post]
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01-15-23 07:02 #22922
Posts: 3859Another Smoking Ban
This link was sent to me by another forum member.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64279351
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01-15-23 04:36 #22921
Posts: 1173If we allowed big pharma to make cocaine heroin and make pot legal at the federal level, would the drug cartels collapse and be a fraction of what they are today. What do you think would happen on the Mexico side.