President Cristina Kirchner said “this is a historical event to announce the introduction of the smoking ban during a ceremony at Government House and said the new rule does not affect production in Argentina.
In this regard, the President noted that this law will not affect the production of snuff in Argentina because “it is exported, will not lose any job and not attacking any economic activity.”
The president said that “I think there is respect this rule, respect for others, is a norm of respect for others.”
“In addition to a health issue is respect for others,” the President reiterated. The President recalled that during many years “smoked two bundles per day and my partner (former President Nestor Kirchner) four.”
Cristina said: “The first to quit smoking was Alicia (Kirchner) and I stopped smoking a December 31, 1988 at 12 pm and never went back to smoking.”
“All bets and said it did not hold. Hold on, if I set a goal I have never deviated,” he said.
The President recalled that in 1984 lost a pregnancy and for five years tried to get back and when you stopped smoking in 1989 became pregnant with her daughter Florence.
“This bill is a little step forward that puts us in a healthier nation, a better country,” he concluded.
For his part, Minister of Health, Juan Mansur, said: “Today is a joyous day for health in Argentina. With the enactment and promulgation of the National Law No. 24,044 Snuff Control, Argentines are winning quality of life, but more importantly, we are creating better conditions for the healthy development of future generations. “
“No other measure could be more cost-effective way to prevent illness and death in our country to put limits on the use of snuff, the enemy of our people,” he said.
He added that “this rule is the result of persistent works of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, clearly intensified since 2003, the beginning of our political project. It is also the product of militant actions of dozens of social organizations and scientific societies that struggled for community awareness about the harmful effects of consumption of snuff. “
“It is also the daughter of the efforts of legislators imbued with an urgent medical cause, such as Argentine prevent 40 000 a year still die from the consumption of snuff, and a further 6 000 die from inhaling second-hand smoke,” he said.
Remarked that “as head of the area, it is my duty, then, to publicly recognize the commitment of U.S. Senator Daniel Films, an example of persistence and determination to drive often postponed project.”
Mansur listed diseases produces about snuff and said, “Cigarette smoke contains over 7000 toxic substances, of which at least 69 are carcinogenic.”
“So it is wrong to associate with snuff only lung cancer. We now know that their consumption causes many other diseases such as cancer of almost all organs, heart attacks, strokes, severe lung disease, reproductive disorders such as abortions or premature birth, infertility, impotence and cataracts, among others. “
The law states that work environments and public use will be 100% smoke-free snuff all over the country.
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