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While Mexican authorities pretend to be complying with the international treaty promoted by the World Health Organization, very little has actually been done to meet two fundamental principles of the agreement: the reduction of tobacco consumption and exposure to smoke.
The most recent example of this inaction is the system of security codes implemented by the Tax Administration Service (SAT) to mark cigarette packs, behind which lurks the influence of the tobacco industry – a system that it is feared could repeat the story of Codentify, the self-regulating code system created by Philip Morris International.
