Uruguay

Uruguay was the first country in South America to pass a comprehensive 100% smokefree regulation. Effective March 1, 2006, all of Uruguay's workplaces, restaurants, and bars must be smokefree.

Members of the Uruguain Smokefree Coalition and ANR Executive Director, Cynthia Hallett (November 2005).










From left to right:

Dr. Adriana Menendez from the Medical Union of Uruguay
Dr. Wiston ABascal Director of the Tobacco Program of the Ministry of Health
Cynthia Hallett, Executive Director, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
Mrs. Ma. Ines Roca from the NGO Fumadores Pasivos Uruguayos
Dr. Ana Lorenzo from Tobacco Program of the Ministry of Health
Dr. Adriana Blanco from the Health Division of the Municipality of Montevideo
Dr. Osvaldo Davyt of the Medical Federation of the Inner Country
Dr. Miguel Asqueta, President of the Health Committee of the Representatives Chamber

Read more about the success in Uruguay at: http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/evidence.php?id=168