In Mexico, 16.4% of adults (age 15+) are current tobacco smokers (men 25.2%; women 8.2%).
Among youth (age 13-15) in Mexico, 14.6% currently smoke cigarettes, with little difference between genders (boys 15.8%; girls 12.9%).
In 2015, over 35 billion cigarettes were consumed in Mexico.
17% of adults are exposed to secondhand smoke at their workplace, 25.8% are exposed in restaurants, and 25.9% on public transport.
In Mexico, 44.6% of youth (age 13–15) are exposed to secondhand smoke in public places, while 33.3% of youth are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes.
Tobacco kills an estimated 63,200 people each year in Mexico, 9.7% of all deaths in Mexico.
This includes 19.5 thousand deaths from heart disease and 17.4 thousand deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 11.2 thousand from lung and other cancers.
The economic cost of smoking is 187.5 billion pesos, equal to 9.3% of annual health care costs.
This includes direct medical costs of 116.2 billion pesos and 71.3 billion pesos in indirect costs.
The international tobacco companies dominate Mexico's cigarette market, holding more than 99% of the market share by volume. In 2016, two subsidiaries of Philip Morris International held 65% of retail volume market share.4 It was followed by British American Tobacco with 35% and Japan Tobacco with 7.4% of cigarette market share.4 In 2016, over 30.6 billion cigarettes were consumed in Mexico.
Mexico ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on May 28, 2004. The treaty went into effect on February 27, 2005.
On February 17, 2022, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico published an amendment to the country’s General Law on Tobacco Control. This historic and comprehensive reform...
