LEGISLATION

Public Health (Restrictions on Tobacco Products) Regulations 2008 (Mauritius)

MAURITIUS TOBACCO CONTROL PROFILE

WHO report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2019

Country profile: Mauritius

TOBACCO-RELATED MORTALITY DATA

This WHO report provides information on the proportion of adult (age 30 years and above) deaths attributable to tobacco by major communicable and non-communicable causes by age and sex.

Global Report on Mortality Attributable to Tobacco, 2004

Technical note

Mortality attributable to tobacco in Mauritius

GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEYS (GYTS)

The GYTS is a school-based survey designed to enhance the capacity of countries to monitor tobacco use among youth and to guide the implementation and evaluation of tobacco prevention and control programmes. It collects data among youth aged 13 – 15 years on tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes regarding tobacco, exposure to second-hand smoke, pro-and anti-tobacco media and advertising exposure, desire for cessation, access to and availability of tobacco products, and anti-tobacco education in schools.

Mauritius Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2016 – Factsheet

Mauritius National Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2008 – Factsheet

Mauritius Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) /Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2008 – Full Report

Mauritius Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2003 – Factsheet

MAURITIUS GLOBAL SCHOOL PERSONNEL SURVEY

The Global School Personnel Survey is a survey of teachers and administrators working in schools selected to participate in the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). It collects information on tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes of school personnel towards tobacco, existence and effectiveness of tobacco control policies in schools, and training and materials available for implementing tobacco prevention and control interventions.

Mauritius Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2008

INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY EVALUATION PROJECT (THE ITC PROJECT) SURVEYS

The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project) is the first international research program for the systematic evaluation of key policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the population level. The ITC Project is conducting longitudinal cohort surveys in more than 20 countries and includes over 100 tobacco control collaborators.

ITC Mauritius National Report Wave 1 (2010)

ITC Mauritius National Report Wave 2 (2011)

ITC Mauritius National Report Wave 3 (2012)

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEYS

The non-communicable disease (NCD) surveys provide a summary of the burden of the key NCDs and their risk factors. They employ similar methodologies and criteria to surveys undertaken in Mauritius in previous years (1987, 1992, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2015).

Mauritius NCD Survey Report Year 2015

Mauritius NCD Survey Report Year 2009

Mauritius NCD Survey Report Year 2004

Rodrigues NCD Survey Report Year 2004

OTHER SURVEYS

Mauritius World Health Survey Report 2003

The World Health Survey responds to the needs of countries for a detailed and sustainable health information system and gathers data through surveys to essential population health parameters. It uses standard survey procedures and documents to gather comparable data across WHO members states.

Global School‐based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

The purpose of the GSHS is to provide accurate data on health behaviours and protective factors among students to: help countries develop priorities, establish programmes, and advocate for resources for school health and youth health programmes and policies; establish trends in the prevalence of health behaviours and protective factors by country for use in evaluation of school health and youth health promotion; and allow countries, international agencies, and others to make comparisons across countries.

Report on Air Quality Assessment for Second Hand Smoke in Hospitality Venues in Mauritius

Report on Health Professionals Survey in Mauritius: Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs andPractices with respect to tobacco use and smoking cessation

Report on Strengthening the Health Information System regarding tobacco use among NCD patients attending public health institutions