The repository of legislation on risk factors offers Member States organized, systematized, and updated legal information on the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This information system is an integral component of PAHO’s REGULA initiative. It is the product of broad multidisciplinary research on public sources of information on legislation and regulations in 19 Latin American countries, compiled by PAHO. (Read more)

156 Normative Acts

Aprobar y establecer los cinco (5) pictogramas que deberán ser impresos en los envases de los productos del tabaco y paquetes de cigarrillos, que se comercialicen en el territorio de la República de Panamá
Publication date: 10/12/2009
Organ issuer: Ministry of Health
Act scope: National / Panama
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Regúlanse los Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual en todo el ámbito territorial de la República Argentina.
Publication date: 10/10/2009
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Act scope: National / Argentina
Repeals Law 22285
Repeals Law 23696
Repeals Decree 94/01 (artículos 4º, 6º, 7º, 8º y 9º )
Repeals Decree 614/01 (artículos 10 y 11)
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Proíbe a comercialização, importação e propaganda de quaisquer dispositivos eletrônicos para fumar, conhecidos com cigarro eletrônico
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Publication date: 31/08/2009
Organ issuer: National Health Surveillance Agency
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
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Decreto por el que se expide la Ley General para el Control del Tabaco; y deroga y reforma diversas disposiciones de la Ley General de Salud
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Publication date: 30/05/2008
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Act scope: Federal / Mexico
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Ley general rara la prevencion y control de los riesgos del consumo del tabaco
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Publication date: 06/04/2006
Organ issuer: Legislative Branch
Act scope: National / Peru
Repeals Law 25357
Repeals Law 26739
Repeals Law 26849
Repeals Law 26957
(artículos 3, 4, 7 y 11) Has been changed by Law 29517, of 31 of March of 2010 
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