Mexico to ban tobacco ads. (The Beat).To help reverse a trend that could result in up to half a million tobacco-related deaths in Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. before the end of 2010, Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum health secretary Julio Frenk Dr. Julio José Frenk Mora (b. December 20, 1953, Mexico City) is a Mexican physician and former Secretary of Health of Mexico. Dr. Frenk is currently head of the Grupo Carso Health Institute, an organization funded by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. announced in June June: see month. 2002 that tobacco company advertising will be banned from radio and television beginning in 2003. Tobacco companies have also agreed to print health warnings that take up 25% of the label on cigarette packs. Smoking is currently linked to five deaths per hour in Mexico and costs the government nearly $3 billion--or 6-12% of its annual health care budget--in treatment costs for smokers with health problems related to their habit. |
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