Health wants to ban smoking in the car and limit the electronic cigarette

The Ministry of Health has finalized an ambitious

that introduces, among other issues, the prohibition of smoking in private vehicles, the generic packaging of tobacco brands and seeks to equalize by law the restrictions on electronic cigarettes.

The Government is aware of the delay leading to their commitments in the fight against snuff, largely because he had to focus on combating the

of the

, but now has decided to

approve a plan with five goals and 21 objectives that seek to recover lost time in the next four years.

For this reason it has pressed the accelerator and has just sent the draft of its

to scientific and medical societies, and also to the autonomous communities, so that

submit your contributions.

In its 119 pages, the Ministry directed by

recalls in this plan that more than a decade has passed since the last "substantial" modification in the health measures against smoking occurred and, hand in hand with the standards set by the The European Union and the WHO now have ambitions to achieve a "tobacco-free generation" in Spain.

For this and

-

-which also includes electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products-, "especially in outdoor spaces", an implicit reference to the terraces of bars and restaurants and the vicinity of public buildings, indicate sanitary sources.

Also in the short term and "to be implemented in two years", the Ministry of Health wants to

, thus adapting all the regulations against smoking "to the changes produced in the market with the appearance of new products and achieving progress in the regulation of smoke-free spaces ".

These spaces without smoke and

also contemplate "certain spaces of the private sphere", such as "private vehicles".

As a basic line of action, the General Directorate of Public Health has also incorporated the plan "to

and new products to the existing one for tobacco products", as well as a better regulation of the sale and consumption of tobacco-related products, whether "with or without nicotine."

In addition, they want to

and promotions on social networks and platforms of all these new products.

Likewise, Health is proposing via a royal decree to follow in the wake of other countries such as France or Australia and

, in such a way as to remove the attractiveness of brands and help reduce cigarette consumption, such as as recommended by medical-scientific societies. He also wants to ban flavoring additives in tobacco and related products.

The Ministry of

also has as a line of action "to promote the revision of taxation to

of all tobacco products and heating devices used for their consumption", as well as "promote that they are taxed e-cigarettes with excise duty. "

According to this Plan, "

of a relative reduction of 30% in tobacco consumption by the year 2025" compared to the 2010 data and to achieve this it also wants to increase the taxation of new products tobacco.

One of the novelties with respect to

is that this draft openly includes the need to look for

in Spain and environmental considerations regarding the elimination of waste, such as expanding the ban on smoking on beaches, which It helps to eliminate waste - cigarette butts - that seriously affect the marine ecosystem.

The ultimate goal is for all of this to achieve a one-third reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 2030 and to follow the European recommendation to

, two points more among young people from 14 to 18 years.

The Ministry of Health wants all these objectives that seek to save lives to be shared by all parties and, thus, "establish a National Agreement on Smoking Prevention with the support of parliamentary groups."

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