Last updated: January 23, 2023
Penalties
Advertising and Promotion
(e.g., seizure of the product, publication of the violation/violator)
Health Secretariat
Fine between 4,000 and 10,000 times the minimum general daily salary prevailing in the particular economic area. The fine amount is doubled for repeat offenses.
Other penalties: (1) warning and (2) temporary or final, and partial or complete closure.
The law provides a range of penalties, grades the fine amount, increases it for repeat violations, and considers other factors in accordance with the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines. However, corrective action (obligation to remedy the infringement) is not required. For effective enforcement, the law should provide a requirement for corrective action measures such as those provided in FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 61.
Sponsorship
(e.g., seizure of the product, publication of the violation/violator)
Health Secretariat
Fine between 4,000 and 10,000 times the minimum general daily salary prevailing in the particular economic area.
Other penalties: (1) warning and (2) temporary or final, and partial or complete closure.
The law provides a range of penalties, grades the fine amount, increases it for repeat violations, and considers other factors in accordance with the FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines. However, corrective action (obligation to remedy the infringement) is not required. For effective enforcement, the law should provide a requirement for corrective action measures such as those provided in FCTC Art. 13 Guidelines para. 61.
