Post by account_disabled on Feb 18, 2024 2:40:05 GMT -6
With the main objective of protecting the health of the population, mainly children, the current federal government, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced the entry into force of a new anti-smoking law in Mexico. Which prohibits all forms of cigarette advertising, as well as their display at points of sale, according to information from Forbes .
This is an important development because the economic costs of tobacco use are substantial and include medical care to treat diseases caused by tobacco use, as well as the loss of human capital that results from morbidity and mortality attributable to tobacco. However, Walmart has decided to launch an injunction against the anti-smoking law and set aside Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Walmart leaves CSR aside
Over the past three decades, increasing pressure from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and the United Nations have demanded that corporations examine and correct the adverse impact their businesses have on society and the environment. Therefore, many businesses have responded by assuming measures and strategies based on CSR.
However, cases such as the protection against Walmart's anti-smoking law put the company's conduct in the spotlight by prioritizing the profits that come with tobacco consumption, over the harm to people and the planet. Since the World Health Organization has indicated that smoking is one of the greatest threats to public health that the world has had to face.
Therefore, the measure also includes the expansion of tobacco-free spaces. Which has generated a wave of rejections by the tobacco industry, business organizations and the retail giant Walmart, who have protested the economic effects that the new law will have.
With the protection against Walmart's anti-smoking law, the supermarket chain has officially become the first company to oppose the regulatory measure, an offensive that has been supported by different union entities.
CSR disappears
According to Héctor Tejada Shaar, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur), the reform of the Regulations of the General Law for Tobacco Control is an "excessive law" that will clearly affect the economy of businesses and, therefore, warned of a wave of protections.
"YES WE SEE AN ECONOMIC AFFECT IN 1.5 MILLION ECONOMIC UNITS, AMONG STORES, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS [DUE TO THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING AREAS AND THE DISPLAY OF TOBACCO ON SHELVES]."
Héctor Tejada Shaar, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur).
Within the new provisions, the smoking Middle East Mobile Number List ban is expanded in all indoor and outdoor public spaces, such as hotels, resorts, beaches, parks and any place where children can gather. The planned sanctions range from closure for allowing customers to smoke in their facilities, cancellation of the health license and even fines of 60 thousand to half a million pesos.
According to the UN , more than 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries. In Mexico, approximately one in eight Mexicans, that is, 16 million, are smokers, and there are 173 deaths annually due to smoking.
Tobacco industry also issues protection against anti-smoking law
The new law also provides for the cancellation of the direct or indirect display of tobacco products, as well as the prohibition of advertising of any kind, selling in e- commerce , making sponsorships and disseminating their "social responsibility" activities. However, the tobacco industry responds:
"The exhibition of the products that are apart would violate intellectual property laws, violating international treaties."
Hiram Vera, president of the National Council of the Tobacco Industry (Conainta).
According to Hiram Vera, business leader of the tobacco industry: «E-commerce as such was not regulated and, let's be honest, we cannot go against the 'global trends', especially after the pandemic, that is completely prohibited in the regulations.
This is an important development because the economic costs of tobacco use are substantial and include medical care to treat diseases caused by tobacco use, as well as the loss of human capital that results from morbidity and mortality attributable to tobacco. However, Walmart has decided to launch an injunction against the anti-smoking law and set aside Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Walmart leaves CSR aside
Over the past three decades, increasing pressure from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and the United Nations have demanded that corporations examine and correct the adverse impact their businesses have on society and the environment. Therefore, many businesses have responded by assuming measures and strategies based on CSR.
However, cases such as the protection against Walmart's anti-smoking law put the company's conduct in the spotlight by prioritizing the profits that come with tobacco consumption, over the harm to people and the planet. Since the World Health Organization has indicated that smoking is one of the greatest threats to public health that the world has had to face.
Therefore, the measure also includes the expansion of tobacco-free spaces. Which has generated a wave of rejections by the tobacco industry, business organizations and the retail giant Walmart, who have protested the economic effects that the new law will have.
With the protection against Walmart's anti-smoking law, the supermarket chain has officially become the first company to oppose the regulatory measure, an offensive that has been supported by different union entities.
CSR disappears
According to Héctor Tejada Shaar, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur), the reform of the Regulations of the General Law for Tobacco Control is an "excessive law" that will clearly affect the economy of businesses and, therefore, warned of a wave of protections.
"YES WE SEE AN ECONOMIC AFFECT IN 1.5 MILLION ECONOMIC UNITS, AMONG STORES, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS [DUE TO THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING AREAS AND THE DISPLAY OF TOBACCO ON SHELVES]."
Héctor Tejada Shaar, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur).
Within the new provisions, the smoking Middle East Mobile Number List ban is expanded in all indoor and outdoor public spaces, such as hotels, resorts, beaches, parks and any place where children can gather. The planned sanctions range from closure for allowing customers to smoke in their facilities, cancellation of the health license and even fines of 60 thousand to half a million pesos.
According to the UN , more than 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries. In Mexico, approximately one in eight Mexicans, that is, 16 million, are smokers, and there are 173 deaths annually due to smoking.
Tobacco industry also issues protection against anti-smoking law
The new law also provides for the cancellation of the direct or indirect display of tobacco products, as well as the prohibition of advertising of any kind, selling in e- commerce , making sponsorships and disseminating their "social responsibility" activities. However, the tobacco industry responds:
"The exhibition of the products that are apart would violate intellectual property laws, violating international treaties."
Hiram Vera, president of the National Council of the Tobacco Industry (Conainta).
According to Hiram Vera, business leader of the tobacco industry: «E-commerce as such was not regulated and, let's be honest, we cannot go against the 'global trends', especially after the pandemic, that is completely prohibited in the regulations.