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Of the nearly 11 million smokers in the country half will die from smoking-related ailments, according to the National Institute of Public Health.
In Mexico, according to the Global Survey on Smoking in adults, 8.1 million men are addicted to smoking and 2.8 million women are currently addicted to smoking.
In presenting the results of the exercise, conducted in conjunction with the Panamerican Health Organization, the National Institute of Public Health announced that men and women smoke in almost equal amounts. Men consume a average minimum of 10 cigarettes per day and women eight.
The institute's director, Mario Henry, said that commonly lethal diseases are caused by tobacco are stroke, cancer, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
Cigarettes contain toxins that not only affect those who smoke. The survey reveals that there are over 3.8 million working adults exposed to second hand smoke in their work space and nearly 12 million people are vulnerable to second hand smoke in their homes.
On the World Day without Tobacco, held yesterday, the Health Secretary Mauricio Hernandez, said the large gap that had for many years marked the difference in the number of male and female smokers, has significantly declined. Today, women and girls have increased consumption of cigarettes and are exposed to intense "female aimed" advertising campaigns.
He warned that tobacco companies are now producing brands for girls and women with "female-only designs", and they see a great opportunity to increase the number of smokers with their advertising messages.
Women should not to be fooled: It is not true that smoking improves weight loss or physical appearance ... on the contrary,it accelerates damage and aging.
Officials are in favor of the legislative proposal of increasing the cost of 10 pesos a pack of cigarettes to help supplement health care for one million people and discourage the use among youth.
In April, Sen. Ernesto Saro Boardman presented the initiative to obtain resources to meet the ills caused by smoking.
The chairman of the Senate Health Committee said the country spends 45 billion dollars to meet those conditions, but the resources they obtain from cigarette taxes only generate 23 billion, so there was very marked "deficit."
The director of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Rogelio Pérez, found that Mexico is experiencing an alarming increase in the consumption of tobacco amongst women.
