A new federal law banning smoking in all public spaces in Mexico came into effect Thursday but transgressors won’t face sanctions – at least for a couple of months.

Mexico may stand accused of sitting back and doing nothing to stem its workers’ exodus to the United States, but some state governments are turning to a unique way of keeping at least the next generation at home.

Alarm clocks rang, mothers hurriedly made breakfasts and 1.6 million sleepy-eyed students in the state of Jalisco trudged off to school on Monday, when the six-week summer vacation came to an end.

It’s a dark time for Jalisco’s beef — according to Luis Enrique Villaseñor Gutierrez, who runs the state’s regional livestock union, Jalisco meat (no matter how good) is no longer accepted even in some other Mexican states due to low slaughterhouse standards.