TABLE 2. Toxic constituents and emissions descriptive information on tobacco products in the WHO Region of the Americas, by sub-region, September, 2022.
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COUNTRY |
Type of product |
Size |
Location |
Rotation |
Number |
Message content |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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English-speaking North America | ||||||||||||
|
Canada |
Cigarettes & little cigars |
100% |
Lateral |
NS |
4 |
70 carcinogens, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, fine particles |
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|
Cigarette tobacco, kreteks, leaf tobacco |
NS |
NS |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, benzene |
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|
United States of America |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Mexico, Central America, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean | ||||||||||||
|
Costa Rica |
AT |
100% |
Lateral |
NS |
NS |
NS |
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|
Cuba |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Dominican Republic |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
El Salvador |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Guatemala |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Honduras |
AT |
6.3 cm by 9 mm |
Lateral |
NR |
NS |
T, N, CO |
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|
Mexico |
ST |
NS |
Back |
12 months |
4 |
Polonium 210, vinyl chloride, cyanide |
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|
Nicaragua |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Panama |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
NS |
NS |
T, N, CO, benzopyrene |
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|
South America | ||||||||||||
|
Argentina |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Bolivia |
ST |
50% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO, arsenic |
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|
Brazil |
ST |
75% |
Lateral |
5 months |
9 |
Benzene, ammonia, heavy metals, arsenic, nitrosamines, formaldehyde, cyanide, N, CO |
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|
Chile |
Cigarettes |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO, arsenic |
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|
Colombia |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Ecuador |
AT |
70% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
N, toxics and carcinogens (NS) (a) |
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|
NS |
Back |
NS |
6 |
Chrome, cyanide, cadmium, formaldehyde, polonium 210, butane |
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|
Paraguay |
ST |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T |
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|
Peru |
AT |
NS |
Front and back |
NR |
1 |
Arsenic, phosphorus, cyanide, ammonia |
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|
Uruguay |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
Cyanide, arsenic |
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|
Venezuela |
Cigarettes |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | ||||||||||||
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
24 months |
6 |
NS |
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|
Bahamas |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Barbados |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Belize |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Dominica |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Grenada |
ST |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Guyana |
ST |
NS |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Haiti |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Jamaica |
ST |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Saint Kitts & Nevis |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Saint Lucia |
AT |
100% |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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|
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Suriname |
NR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Trinidad & Tobago |
AT |
NS |
Lateral |
NR |
1 |
T, N, CO |
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AT, All tobacco products; ST, Smoked tobacco products; SLT, Smokeless tobacco products; N, Nicotine; CO, Carbon monoxide; T, Tar; NR, Not required; NS, Not specified
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Source: Prepared by the authors based on data from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids legislation database, available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org