[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] CRAC AND VISA (MAURITIUS) ENHANCING CAPACITY FOR TOBACCO CONTROL IN RODRIGUES TWO-DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP VENUE:MALABAR FAMILY INTEGRATED CENTRE DATE: 22 and 23 May 2019 PROGRAMME   WEDNESDAY 22 MAY   TIME ACTIVITY   8.30 – 9.00 Opening ceremony   9.00 – 9.30 Tea break   9.30 – 9.45 Objectives of workshop. Mr A. Samoisy […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dissemination workshop Self-reported price of cigarettes, consumption and compensatory behaviours in a cohort of Mauritian smokers before and after a tax increase Discussions and Recommendations It was proposed that participants to the workshop officially and to any future activities declare their non-interest to the tobacco industry. It was proposed that the increase in taxation […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] SELF-REPORTED PRICE OF CIGARETTES, CONSUMPTION AND COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOURS IN A COHORT OF MAURITIAN SMOKERS BEFORE AND AFTER A TAX INCREASE   DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP Thursday 16 January 2014 at Gold Crest Hotel from 8h45 to 13h30 ——————————- Agenda Time                         Description  08h45 – 09h15 Registration of participants    09h15 – 09h45     Welcome Address […]

The Senior Chief Executive, Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Port Louis. 30 June 2015   Dear Madam, Training of Trainers Workshop on Tobacco Use Prevention This is to inform you that the association VISA is organizinga two-day Training of Trainers Workshop on tobacco prevention for twenty-five (25) participants. The objective of the workshop […]

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Interview of Corné van Walbeek, Professor in the School of Economics and Principal Investigator of the Economics of Tobacco Control Project, University of Cape Town, South Africa   Journalist : Mr Jean Marc Poche, « Le Mauricien » newspaper, Mauritius   Question: The campaigns to reduce the prevalence of smoking in the Island have been on the national agenda […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tob Control 2014;23:3-6 doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-05143 Mauritius: Fight against tobacco manufacturing plant After ratifying the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004, Mauritius put in place effective tobacco control measures, supported by strong political will. Legislation was adopted to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship and smoking in most public places, and the first pictorial health warnings […]