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Of course they did. Tell me again what are you doing about the drug war zones?
Now they need an anti Coca Cola law as well. It’s destroying the population down there >

They already have that. There are no big gulps in Mexico. Been coming here for 65 years and Mexico has gone from worse then Americans in regards to alcoholism, smoking and obesity, to better. I see a lot more Americans with cigarettes here then the locals.
Now if they can just get rid of the cartels and corruption.... >

Coke is bad for Mexico but coke is worse. >

This is going to piss off all the American tourists at those hotels >

I am in Mexico City now, nobody gives a shit about any of this, I see people smoking everywhere >

Now they are “illegals” >

So Mexico won't care about them? >

Cops need a new source of bribe revenue, apparently >

I imagine the state will make a shit ton from stubborn vacationers, too. >

Chainsaw beheadings will be handled on a case by case basis. >

I thought it was Costa Rica. I was just there and kept being told I couldn’t smoke outside. >

Costa Rica is all about eco tourism and cigarettes are the #1 most frequently littered item. >

Expect this to work about as well as their strict anti-gun laws. >

I never feel like smoking cigarettes when I'm doing lines, anyway. >

What? That's like most people's second job while doing lines. >

Weird, right? Plus, I never want alcohol. Milk. >

It is an extremely healthy drug for me as you can tell! >

Really has HELPED 
ME
Get my life TOGETHER >

However, we must all stop if we have not already because it comes at the cost of so many innocent lives - alas! >

Plus, the discriminatory drug laws make it impossible to enjoy. >

Good. Smoking is disgusting. >

As a current smoker, I don't disagree. >

When I was last in Mexico it was common for people to sell individual cigarettes from sidewalk stalls. They had lighters there, attached by a string so it doesn't get lost. I thought it was fun and liberating to get a single cigarette! Those days are gone I guess. Obviously it's better for the health of that beautiful nation. >

I’m not a fan of cigarettes but shouldn’t they put their resources towards fighting the cartels that own entire states now and are bold enough to straight up fight the Military >

Imagine doing more than one thing. 
Also, it'd be way easier for Mexico to deal with the cartels if places like the eu and us weren't where they made basically all their money selling >

So, if you can't solve all your problems, don't even try? >

if your boat is sinking do you fix the hole or paint it. >

Both- Flex seal. >

Well, just like the USA... If you won't fix the problems that NEED fixing, you just fix the ones that don't. Everything is status quo. >

You don't think smoking is a problem we should fix? >

I think out of the myriad of problems we have in the world, smoking is among the lowest in importance. Government tends to avoid the hard / important problems. >

In the US, smoking related deaths account for still almost half a million people a year . In Mexico, smoking related deaths are the 7th leading cause of death in the country. Smoking is very important. >

Smoking kills the smoker. Burning fossil fuels kill species. Greed-driven wars and military conflicts, corporate water contamination, world human rights violations, global health issues, poverty, and access to nutritional food are more important problems than smoking. >

Imagine thinking smoking isn’t addictive >

Look at you. Policing society… especially one that doesn’t belong to you… typical >

I'm not doing it, the Mexican government is.  Did you read it? >

Cartels, cabals, murder and kidnapping in broad daylight:  No problem.  But don't you DARE smoke in public. >

Countries can work on multiple problems. Second hand smoke is a public health hazard. >

In truth, it's most likely Bloomberg philanthropies. They have a major global anti tobacco lobbying fund in developing countries that's been winning political fights regularly for over 10 years now, mainly because they don't think and act like NGOs or activists, they think and act like lobbyists. I worked in parallel with them and their funded organizations here in the Philippines when we got the tobacco taxes increased in a very tough, very dirty political fight against Philip Morris and one of the biggest local oligarchs. The price of a pack here has more than quadrupled in the past ten years, and smoking rates are dropping significantly. Bit personally iroic, because I actually smoke and have smoked this entire time, so I'm personally paying these increased taxes I fought for. We also had to increase the alcohol tax at the same time because of a WTO case and because of how the law was written. So I'm really out here fucking up my own fun lol. That said, the increased taxes and leveling of the preferential tax rate made domestically produced craft beers economically viable and the craft beer scene flowered. So that was nice, now my choices of beer aren't "San Miguel, San Miguel light, and Heineken at 5x the San mig price"
The obesity thing the other guy mentioned  also has a ton of Bloomberg Philanthropies funding. Smoking and obesity in the developing world are the two things they throw fucktons of money at. And the anti-obesity project in Mexico was one of the first ones they announced. >

That should stop all of the torture and murder. >

Next, they need to work on sugar soda consumption.
Edit:  See my comment below >

Where you get that idea from? >

Diabetes is Mexico's #1 killer.  It's an epidemic and researchers directly equate it to sugared soda consumption, along with added sugar in much of their diet.
FTA: "...That's nearly 500 cans of soda for every man, woman and child. (Mexico was recently overtaken by Argentina, the U.S. and Chile.) Coca-Cola is practically the national drink in Mexico. Type 2 diabetes has skyrocketed as soda consumption has risen."
I'm not saying soda is the only thing causing diabetes, but it's near the top.  Diet is a harder problem, but sugared soda is an easy target. >

I thought folks were saying though that they already were making strides in that though, like banning certain sizes? Aren't Mexican soda made with real sugar too, isn't that already better than American style? >

Sucrose is a disaccharide of 50% fructose and 50% glucose.  HFCS is usually about 55% to 60% fructose and  the reminder glucose
They are both equally unhealthy all things being equal, but HFCS is much, much cheaper to produce at commercial scale.
/biochemist >

Do I like the taste better because it is, or because I bought into the ✨️Marketing✨️? >

Hmmm.... This isn't completely unrealistic since vaping has become a thing, but I wonder if it is actually going to work? In my state, a lot of anti-smoking regulations really did appear to help our population, and I've known a good number of smokers who quite because of the cost and growing inconvenience. After seeing my neighbors die horrible painful early deaths from smoking-caused diseases, I think it's a good thing to make it difficult for the population to part-take in—especially considering how terribly addictive it is. >

The cartels continue unabated though...... >

Look up the history of Prohibition to see the problems with stopping illegal trades. >

Yes, what do you want to know? Crime is never "stopped."  It is "suppressed."  Should we stop drunk driving enforcement because drunk driving continues year after year?
Vox:  Prohibition worked better than you think -- America’s anti-alcohol experiment cut down on drinking and drinking-related deaths — and it may have reduced crime and violence overall.
Vox is left leaning, by the way.  Good to see an honest source on the Left. >

The legal system in Mexico is opposite the US system in the sense that laws here in the US are bendable so they don’t break easy. In Mexico they make them rigid so everyone breaks them. >

Maybe focusing on the Cartels would be a better use of time and resources. Who's going to enforce a smoking ban when you can't even keep your politicians alive. >

Glad you aren't in charge of anything >

Glad you aren’t either. >

Cool, now... about all the hard drugs? >

Mexico's problem is exporting them, not so much their consumption. Without Americans' appetite for them, so to speak, the cartels would be significantly weaker. >

They would also be weaker without America's laws to protect us from ourselves.