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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)
URUGUAY : Should free trade trump public health policy?
Uruguay is preparing for a bitter legal struggle with the tobacco
giant Philip Morris International (PMI) which will have international
ramifications. PMI is suing Uruguay for a law pushed through congress by
President José Mujica's predecessor, Tabaré Vázquez, in 2006, requiring large
health warnings on cigarette packets and banning the sale of those branded as
“light" or “ultra light". It claims that the restrictions imposed by the
Uruguayan government harmed its business and violated Uruguay's trade deal with
Switzerland, where PMI is based. Mujica has been more conciliatory than Vázquez
but he has not backed down. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and 170
countries worldwide, have expressed support for Uruguay in a dispute which pits
the interests of free trade against public health policies.
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