Table I.

Evolution of Costa Rica’s Tobacc o Control Bill 17.371 (2009–2012)

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Legislation		Hernández Murillo’s original bill9	Health Ministry’s weakened version11	Aiza’s substitute language of the text18	Committee members’ amended bill19	Aiza’s amended bill20	Committee members’ amended bill24	Aiza’s amended bill25	Law 902830 (Same as column 6)
Date		5 May 09	12 March 10	30 Nov 10	15 Feb 11	22 March 11	16 Aug 11	24 Aug 11	27 Feb 12
Committee vote		No vote	No vote	Withdrawn	Rejected (2 in favor, 7 against)	Rejected (3 in favor, 6 against)	Approved (5 in favor, 4 against)	Rejected (3 in favor, 6 against)	Enacted
Smoke-free	Workplaces	100% smoke-free	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	100% smoke-free
	Restaurants and Bars	100% smoke-free	Same	Require designated smoking areas	100% smoke-free	Require designated smoking areas	100% smoke-free	Same	100% smoke-free
	Hotels	100% smoke-free	Same	Exempted	Same	Same	Same	Same	Exempt
	Sanctions	No warning Fine for customers (10%) and owners (50%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	Same	Verbal or written warning Fine for customers (5%) and owners (30%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	No warning Fine for customers (10%) and owners (50%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	Verbal or written warning Fine for customers (5%) and owners (25%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	No warning Fine for customers (10%) and owners (50%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	Verbal or written warning Fine for customers (5%) and owners (25%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places	No warning Fine for customers (10%) and owners (50%) of the minimum wage for smoking in public places
	Enforcement	Health Ministry and Labor Ministry	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Health Ministry and Labor Ministry
Advertising, promotion, and sponsorship	TAPS	100% prohibited	Same	100% prohibited except: Places and events that only permit adult access Direct communication with vendors and consumers Point of sale	Same	Same	100% prohibited except places and events that only permit adult access and through direct communication with vendors and consumers in accordance with protocol established in regulation of this law	100% prohibited except: Places and events that only permit adult access Direct communication with vendors and consumers Point of sale	100% prohibited except places and events that only permit adult access and through direct communication with vendors and consumers in accordance with protocol established in regulation of this law
	Sanctions	Verbal or written warning Fine of 1–10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Same	Same	No warning Fine of 1–10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Verbal or written warning Fine of 25% of the minimum wage for not complying	No warning Fine of 10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Verbal or written warning Fine of 5% of the minimum wage for not complying	No warning Fine of 10 times the minimum wage for not complying
	Enforcement	Health Ministry and MEIC	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Health Ministry and MEIC
Health Warning Labels on cigarette packages	Front	Graphic: No less than 70%	Graphic: No less than 30%	Text: Up to 50%	Graphic: No less than 50%	Text: No less than 50%	Graphic: 50%	Graphic: Up to 50%	Graphic: 50%
	Back	Text: 100%	Same	Same	Same	Same	Graphic: 50%	Text: 100%	Graphic: 50%
	Sanctions	Verbal or written warning Fine of 1–10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Same	Same	No warning Fine of 1–10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Verbal or written warning Fine of 25% of the minimum wage for not complying	No warning Fine of 10 times the minimum wage for not complying	Verbal or written warning Fine of 5% of the minimum wage for not complying	No warning Fine of 10 times the minimum wage for not complying
	Enforcement	Health Ministry and MEIC	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Health Ministry and MEIC
Taxes (per cigarette package)	Amount	100 colones ($0.20)	25 colones ($0.05)	20 colones ($0.04)	Same	15 colones ($0.03)	20 colones ($0.04)	10 colones ($0.03)	20 colones ($0.04)
	Enforcement	Finance Ministry	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Same	Finance Ministry

MEIC: Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce

TAPS: Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship