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)

24 Normative Acts

Ley para el control del tabaco
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Publication date: 29/07/2011
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(literales h) y k) del artículo 6 ) Has been changed by Decree 914, of 17 of November of 2011 
(artículo 8) Has been changed by Decree 914, of 17 of November of 2011 
(artículo 13) Has been changed by Decree 914, of 17 of November of 2011 
(inciso 2 al artículo 14 ) Has been changed by Decree 914, of 17 of November of 2011 
(artículos 29, 30, 33, 41, 47) Has been changed by Decree 914, of 17 of November of 2011 
(artículo 5) Has been changed by Decree 96, of 21 of December of 2015 
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Ley que modifica la Ley núm. 28705, ley . general para la prevención y control de los riesgos del consumo del tabaco, para adecuarse al convenio marco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (oms) para el control del tabaco
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Publication date: 02/04/2010
Organ issuer: Legislative Branch
Act scope: National / Peru
Changes Law 28705, of 05 of April of 2006  (artículos 3, 4, 7 y 11)
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Control del tabaquismo
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Publication date: 10/03/2008
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Act scope: National / Uruguay
(artículo 7º) Has been changed by Law 19244, of 08 of July of 2014 
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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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Torna pública a Resolução nº 1, de 15 de dezembro de 2011, que estabelece as Diretrizes Éticas aplicáveis aos membros da Comissão Nacional para Implementação da Convenção-Quadro para o Controle do Tabaco e de seus Protocolos (CONICQ), na forma do anexo.
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Organ issuer: Ministry of Health
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
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El presente Decreto Supremo tiene por objeto reglamentar la Ley N° 3029 del 22 de abril de 2005 "CONVENIO MARCO PARA EL CONTROL DEL TABACO", para controlar y reducir el consumo de todos los productos de tabaco y la exposición al humo de tabaco, en cualquiera de sus formas, a fin de prevenir de conformidad con los principios de la salud pública, la incidencia de las enfermedades, la discapacidad prematura y la mortalidad, atribuidas al consumo del tabaco y a la exposición al humo del tabaco.
Organ issuer: Executive Branch
Act scope: National / Bolivia
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