Overview
- Health and Legislative Studies First committees advanced President Claudia Sheinbaum’s implementing reform 23–10 after a rapid debate.
- The draft bars production, import, export, sale and supply of e‑cigarettes and vape devices, with penalties of one to eight years in prison and fines up to 2,000 UMAs.
- Morena framed the measure as a public‑health step to curb youth use, citing dozens of toxic compounds in vape liquids, including heavy metals and carcinogens.
- Opposition lawmakers from PAN and PRI criticized the fast‑track process and warned an outright ban would fuel a large black market and weaken regulatory oversight.
- The civil group México y el Mundo Vapeando argued the prohibition hands distribution of at least five million disposable devices a month to organized crime, citing an estimated 2.8 million users.