The penalty for anyone who fails to comply with the Law and profits from or sells vaping devices will be one to eight years in prison, and fines of between 11,000 and 226,000 pesos.
Mexico City, December 9 (However).- The Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday in general, with 324 votes in favor and 129 against, the opinion by which the General Health Law for the total ban of electronic cigarettes, vapers and other analogous systems or devices.
Most of Morena and his allies insisted that he present a reserva to clarify that those who possess or use these will not be punished devicesbut only to those who sell them for the purposes of profit.
The penalty for anyone who fails to comply with the Law will be one to eight years in prison, and fines of between 11,000 and 226,000 pesos for those who profit from said products.
#ALMOMENT | The Plenary of the #ChamberofDeputies approves, in general, the opinion that reforms the General Health Law, regarding the prohibition of electronic cigarettes, vapers and other similar systems or devices. pic.twitter.com/MS5D6RDfds
— H. Chamber of Deputies (@Mx_Diputados) December 9, 2025
Likewise, all acts of advertising or propaganda are prohibited, so that electronic cigarettes, vaping devices and other analogous systems or devices are consumed, through any printed, digital, television, radio or any other means of communication.
The health authority may carry out the verification, the application of security measures and the sanitary disposal of electronic cigarettes, vapers and other similar systems or devices. The above, regardless of the actions that correspond to other authorities in their respective sphere of competence.
Morena insists that consumers will not be punished
Pedro Zenteno Santaella, Representative of Morena and president of the Health Commission, highlighted that the purpose of the reform is “to protect children and youth from harmful products” through the absolute prohibition of the production, marketing, import and advertising of vapes and electronic cigarettes.
Opposition parties criticized the reform, alleging the alleged criminalization of electronic cigarette holders. In response to the questions, Zenteno stressed that “we will present a reservation to make it clear that the individual consumer of vaping devices is not penalized, but rather those who acquire them for marketing and profit purposes.”
In addition to the ban on vaping devices, the ruling includes many other points, such as the consolidated purchase of medicines and health supplies; the strengthening of the powers of the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), and the incentive for the national production of medicines and supplies.
We are discussing in the Plenary of the @Mx_Diputados a historic reform to the General Health Law.
It strengthens the stewardship of the State, protects our children and guarantees the right to health above any commercial interest. pic.twitter.com/qKDUzHYcrv— Dr. Pedro Zenteno Santaella (@drpedrozenteno) December 9, 2025
The illegal market will increase: MC
“The most prohibitionist, authoritarian and absurd reform that this country has seen in decades since it criminalizes acquiring, keeping, storing, transporting, distributing or selling vaping devices with sentences of up to eight years in prison,” said the EMEC member, Irais Reyes de la Torre, who presented a suspensive motion that was rejected by the majority.
The Representative maintained that the ruling will punish more severely anyone who sells a vape pen than anyone who violates a woman, discloses intimate photos of someone else without her consent, carries a prohibited weapon or sells it without a license.
He assured that the total ban on electronic cigarettes will benefit organized crime groups, which will now control the sale of vaping devices. “When they criminalize the entire chain, the market does not disappear: it changes owners and that owner is the illegal market,” he explained.
🗳️📌 “The only ones who came to lobby (the ban on vapers) were drug traffickers,” accuses deputy Iraís Reyes.
Morena and allies also ask not to be hypocritical, since several of their legislators use vaping devices and now want to ban it. pic.twitter.com/Vv7aSLXFc5
— Juan Ortiz 🗳️👁🗨 (@Juan_OrtizMX) December 9, 2025
Now the initiative will be discussed individually and will then go to the Senate of the Republic for approval.