In the past two decades, all of those have helped Uruguay fight tobacco, even to this day. In the early 2000s, Uruguays highly respected National Medical Association created the National Tobacco Control Alliance, with representatives from various medical groups, civil society, smoking rights associations, as well as officials at Uruguays Ministry of Health
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It is now illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes to anyone under 21
This is particularly the case for young people who are taking up e-cigarettes without having smoked before. Isabel Saraiva, former chair of the European Lung Foundation, who sadly passed away in 2024, previously commented: As an ex-smoker, I understand that it is tempting for people, who think that it will be easier to stop smoking by substituting cigarettes with e-cigarettes