New images in cigar packs

• April 29, 2024

As of September 24, 2011, the tobacco industry should incorporate new images Y sanitary legends in the labeling and packaging of all tobacco products that circulate in Mexican territory, in order to discourage consumption and comply with current Mexican legislation, reports the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) of the Ministry of Health.

The aforementioned is established in the new version of the "Agreement by which the diverse one is modified by means of which the provisions for the formulation, approval, application, use and incorporation of the legends, images, pictograms, health messages and information are made known. which must appear in all packages of tobacco products and all packaging and external labeling thereof as of September 24, 2011 ", published in the Official Gazette of the Federation last Monday.

From September 24, 2011 to September 23, 2012, that is, for one year, the tobacco industry should include in packs 8 new messages toilets with their respective images.

In the Agreement, signed by the Secretary of Health, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , it is explained that the rotation of pictograms complies with the Framework Agreement of the (World Health Organization)WHO for Tobacco Control and with what is established in the General Law for the Control of Tobacco and its Regulation .

The third article of the Agreement states that health messages and pictograms must be included in equal proportions for 12 months, in each brand of tobacco products that is manufactured, produced or imported and that are distributed within the national territory without privileging one brand over another. .

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