Panama's ban on tobacco advertising protects people’s health

Panama has successfully banned all advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products and plans to introduce plain packaging of all tobacco products and ban tobacco smoking from open spaces.

Significant drop in tobacco consumption expected

According to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey carried out in Panama in 2008 with support of WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the number of cigarette smoking students
aged 13-15 in Panama dropped from 13.2% to 4.3% since 2002.

Artikel: http://www.who.int/features/2013/panama_ban_tobacco/en/index.html