Tourists may face steep fines and jail time for vapes at this vacation hot spot

Bringing a vape to Mexico whitethorn person superior consequences.

Cruise passengers heading to Mexico whitethorn privation to skip packing their e-cigarettes, arsenic the state is present actively enforcing a nationwide prohibition connected vaping devices, according to Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies.

The caller rules took effect Jan. 17 aft a law betterment aimed astatine protecting nationalist wellness was enacted.

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The betterment authorizes penalties for immoderate enactment involving physics cigarettes, vapes oregon akin devices, according to the chamber's website.

It besides prohibits the making, selling and handling of toxic substances and chemic ingredients, on with the amerciable usage of fentanyl and different synthetic drugs.

Travelers cruising to Mexico whitethorn privation to skip packing their vapes owed to a caller nationwide enforcement ban. (iStock)

Travelers who bring e-cigarettes into the state tin beryllium taxable to enforcement erstwhile passing done customs.

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When travelers measurement disconnected a vessel astatine a Mexican port, immoderate items they transportation ashore tin beryllium considered imports nether Mexican law, adjacent if the products were purchased legally elsewhere and intended for idiosyncratic use, Cruise Hive reported.

The betterment penalizes vape-related activities and bans the accumulation and handling of toxic chemicals — including fentanyl and different synthetic drugs. (iStock)

Cruise lines specified arsenic Margaritaville astatine Sea person begun alerting their guests of the policy, advising passengers to permission immoderate vaping devices onboard the ships oregon conscionable debar bringing them altogether, according to galore reports. 

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"If guests are caught, they could spot their devices confiscated, look hefty fines of up to $12,500 — and/or detainment," said Cruise Hive. 

"The transgression is punishable by up to 8 years successful prison."

The tract added, "The transgression is besides punishable by up to 8 years successful prison."

Mexico has been tightening restrictions connected smoking and vaping for respective years.

If caught, guests could look penalties specified arsenic fines, detainment, oregon imaginable situation time. (iStock)

Fox News Digital antecedently reported that the state expanded a nationwide smoking prohibition successful 2023, prohibiting smoking connected beaches and successful astir nationalist places, including astatine parks, successful hotels and connected nationalist transportation.

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"Mexico becomes 1 of the countries astatine the forefront [of] protecting the wellness of children and adolescents," Gady Zabicky Sirot, caput of Mexico’s National Commission against Addictions, said successful a property release.

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Andrew Mark Miller of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.