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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2010 Nov 7;20(1):64–72. doi: 10.1136/tc.2010.037010

Table 3.

Timeline of the Mexico Tobacco Control* Federal Law (2007–2010)

First initiative
introduced in the
House of Representatives
(31 August 2007)
Modifications made by
House’s Health Committee
(5 December 2007)
Approval by House
of Representatives
(6 December 2007)

Approval by Senate
(26 February 2008)
Law’s Regulations
published
(31 May 2009)
Amendment of
the law approved
(1 January 2010)
Workplaces 100% smokefree May have DSAs Must have DSAs May have DSAs
Restaurants and bars 100% smokefree May have DSAs Must have DSAs May have DSAs
Public places 100% smokefree May have DSAs Must have DSAs May have DSAs
Public transportation 100% smokefree
Penalties ▶  Fines: 1000 times minimum salary for smoking; 1000–1400 times minimum salary for selling tobacco
▶ Arrest up to 36 h
Enforcement Federal Ministry of Health inspections, but outlined in Regulations COFEPRIS inspects locations and reports
to City Ministry of Health; City
government issues sanctions
*

Only smokefree provisions are described.

DSAs, Designated Smoking Areas; COFEPRIS, Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks.