But Philip Morris is suing Uruguay for $25 million at the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes because of the country's tough smoking laws that prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces and require warning labels, including graphic images of the health effects.
When Vázquez passed tough anti-tobacco legislatio including a ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, risk warnings covering 80% of cigarette packs and a ban on advertising and sponsorships.
After an emotionless strings passage which encloses another brief warning from violas, woodwinds cry out amid a percussive background.
He banned smoking in enclosed public spaces, ordered risk warnings covering 80% of cigarette packs and banned all tobacco advertising and sponsorships.
In the past decade, the government has raised the legal age for buying tobacco from 16 to 18, banned smoking in enclosed public spaces, introduced graphic health warnings and introduced rules that hide tobacco products from view in shops.
Again, although there was no posted weight warning other than that passengers must be fully enclosed in the ride, Kernacs blamed the ride operator, not the design.
Officials say that despite warnings not to use generators in enclosed areas, people are regularly injured or killed by the carbon monoxide fumes the generators emit.
She said action taken by the government to ban tobacco advertising, put larger health warnings on packs and make all enclosed public places smoke-free had made a difference.
In Texas, job safety officials say, a Hispanic worker died from carbon monoxide poisoning because he was not able to read a warning telling workers not to use power cleaners in enclosed spaces.
It increased tobacco taxes, implemented a smoking ban in all enclosed public places and workplaces, required labels to have graphic warnings covering at least 65% of the pack and provided services to help people quit.
But once legislation on smoking was introduced - from warnings on cigarette packets to bans on smoking in enclosed public places - along with tough tobacco tax policies, the number of smokers fell sharply.
