Mauritius and the FCTC

2010: Compliance of national law to FCTC Article 13 (Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship)

1. In accordance with FCTC Guidelines for Article 13, advertising, promotion and sponsorship are defined in the law. For example, the term “commercial communication” is used for defining advertising and the term “any form of contribution to any event, activity or individual” is used for defining sponsorship.

2010: Compliance of national law to FCTC Article 11 (Packaging and labelling of tobacco products)

1. The term package is defined as “any covering, wrapper, container or other enclosure that contains a tobacco product or cartons, containers or other enclosures that contain tobacco products”.

2010: Compliance of national law to FCTC Article 8 (Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke)

 1. In accordance with FCTC Guidelines on Article 8, the following key terms associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are defined in the law: public place, public conveyance, workplace, indoor area and smoking.

MoH PHA 2009 - FCTC Protocol and Review Chart Comments and Recommendations to the Ministry of Health of Mauritius

The PHA regs 2008 took effect on the 1st of June 2009.

Whether relevant provisions of the Public Health Act Tobacco Regulations 2008 meet or fail to meet FCTC requirements and FCTC guidelines on main issues of advertising (Art 13), Packaging (Article 11) and Smoke free Environment (Article 8)

Official implementation reports for Mauritius

Ratification: 17 May 2004 

Entry into force: 27 February 2005

First (two year) implementation report submitted 27 February 2007

Second (five year) implementation report submitted 1 March 2010

Source: WHO's directory of implementation reports