Inai orders INCan to report cancer treatment costs due to smoking

In short, the National Cancer Institute (INCan) must disclose the costs attributable to cancer care related to tobacco from 2000 to 2017, especially on lung cancer, stomach, esophagus, pancreas, larynx, mouth and pharynxHe instructed National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI).

This is to inform the population of the seriousness of the effects of these disease-related diseases. smoke and help to sensitize the population to reject or stop the tobacco consumption. This information will also help the relevant institutions to demonstrate that they fulfill their attributions to the benefit of Mexicans, insures the Institute.

The problem of smoke not only does this have repercussions on health, but also economic and social consequences, because the government incurs considerable expenditure in the treatment of the diseases generated by this dependence.

"According to Center of Studies in Public Finance (CEFP)they are intended 81 thousand 97 million pesos deal with conditions related to tobacco usebut you only have a collection of Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) of the tobacco industry, from 39 million 123 million 600 pesos. C & # 39; is to say, you spend more than you get"Indicated the Incan.

The Incan provided an electronic link and the steps to follow to access the required data; However, as the information did not correspond to the information requested, the private person then lodged an application for review before the court. INAI, in which he stated that the league contains only the description of the diseases, their treatment, their signs and symptoms.

Therefore, the plenary of the INAI revoked the response of Incan and asked him to carry out a comprehensive search in all relevant fields, in which he could not exclude the Administration Directorate and the Tobacco Clinic, regarding the costs attributable to the care of lung cancer, cancer of the mouth and pharynx, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer and laryngeal cancer, linked to tobacco, from 2000 to 2017, to provide localized information to the person.

"Generating and publicizing information such as the one mentioned in this review resource will help the Incan institutions to demonstrate that they are fulfilling their obligations with regard to the prevention, treatment and control of smoke for the benefit of Mexicans. In addition, knowing the severity of these effects could help to sensitize the population to the rejection or cessation of tobacco use"Says the commissioner Joel Salas Suárezwhen presenting the question to the plenary.

Salas Suarez stressed that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 7 million people die each year because of smoke; and, according to the Secretary of Health, José Narro Robles, its consumption causes 137 deaths a day, 6 Mexicans lose their lives every hour.

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