Letter of protest against importation of “Roll Your Own Cigarettes” to Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (2015)

  Mail sent to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection  On 25 June 2015, VISA sent a mail to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection in connection with a communique dated 10 June 2015 issued by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection (Commerce Division) and published in the newspaper…

Protest against tobacco advertising in the duty-free shop at SSR International Airport, Mauritius (2014)

In 2014, VISA wrote a letter to the management of the Mauritius Duty Free Paradise protesting against the advertisements carried out by the tobacco companies of Winston and Camel brands in the duty-free shop at the departure terminal of SSR International Airport in Mauritius. Highly visible, eye-catching, strategically located, professionally-designed, colourful and lighted glass frames…

Campaign against the setting up of a tobacco manufacturing plant in Mauritius (2013)

VISA successfully fights the tobacco industry The Cabinet of Ministers of 21 June 2013 took note that “an international tobacco company from Dubai would set up a tobacco manufacturing plant in the Freeport of Mauritius for export to African countries”. It was persistently rumoured that the tobacco company would also manufacture chewing tobacco. VISA strongly…