AMLO’s Health Care Reforms Seek National Ban on Vapes and Fentanyl NotiPress
go to original February 15, 2024

Alejandro Svarch Perez, head of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), explained the reform proposed by the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which seeks to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes.

The right to health protection is guaranteed through the production, distribution and sale of electronic cigarettes", this was announced by Alejandro Svarch Pérez, during his participation in the morning press conference of February 13, 2024.

Likewise, the head of Cofepris himself pointed out that the distribution, sale and production of electronic cigarettes or vapers will be prohibited. This also includes other types of chemical substances harmful to health, such as chemical precursors or synthetic drugs not legally authorized, such as fentanyl.

Following this, Svarch Perez said that the latest UN world report revealed that deaths caused by synthetic drugs have doubled in the last 10 years. For this reason, the initiative proposed by President López Obrador intends to focus on the control of the strategic inputs used to create these drugs.

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