Air quality does not improve with anti-smoking law

• April 25, 2024

The Anti-tobacco law of Protection of the Health of Non-smokers in the Federal District It was approved four years ago, however, smoking continues to go unpunished in the bars and restaurants of the Mexico City , which causes serious damage to the health of people who work and visit these places.

According to the study on air quality monitoring in places of coexistence in the city, in 80 analyzed places there is pollution with an average level of 80 micrograms per cubic meter, with "very bad" air quality, that is, seven times more than the maximum level of pollution established as healthy by the World Health Organization (WHO) .

According to the classification of IMECA (Metropolitan Index of Air Quality) , it is considered that the air is of good quality when it has 15 micrograms per cubic meter, therefore a level of 80 generates adverse effects in the Health of the population, especially in children and older adults with cardiovascular diseases Y respiratory .

It was also found that there are places where the level of pollution is "extremely bad", exceeds 200 microparticles per cubic meter higher than smoke-free places tobacco and to the maximums recommended by the WHO and the IMECA as healthy.

The combustion of tobacco It produces more than 4 thousand chemicals, of which 250 with carcinogens. In closed spaces they are concentrated and when inhaled by people they remain attached to their organism. That is why it is important to respect this law. Take care of your health and that of others!