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The Minister of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare in office, María Luisa Carcedo , has proposed on Monday to tighten the laws that regulate the consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco due to the increase in addictions to the so-called legal drugs.

Carcedo has made a "warning" call to the health risk of alcohol and tobacco consumption and its correlation with the increase in cases of lung cancer , especially in women.

In statements to journalists during the visit she has made to the headquarters of Proyecto Hombre in Gijón, the minister has considered it necessary to modify the laws to restrict the use of both "legal drugs".

Carcedo has also demanded the "strict compliance" of these regulations as long as the modifications to the current laws are elaborated since breaches have been detected in some sectors, among which the hotel industry has mentioned.

In his opinion, the consumption of tobacco on the terraces of the hotel establishments should be regulated in a more restrictive manner and the so-called "vapers" be included in the new regulations.

Carcedo has defended the National Drug Plan as a necessary instrument for prevention and recalled that the Council of Ministers has approved to transfer 370,000 euros to the autonomous communities for programs of this type.

On the other hand, the minister has affirmed that the consumption of illegal drugs, among which there has been an increase in cannabis use, causes "serious disruptions" in the personal, social, economic, family and work life of addicts.

In addition, it has valued the role played by non-governmental organizations, such as Proyecto Hombre, and volunteering for the rehabilitation and social reintegration of consumers

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