ArticleTobacco control2015
Effect of cigarette tax increase in combination with mass media campaign on smoking behaviour in Mauritius: findings from the ITC Mauritius Survey.
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- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level interventions to tackle smoking behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Why Prevention Needs More Than Individual Empowerment: Reclaiming Environmental Prevention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and social determinants of smoking among men in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study.Global health action · 2024Article
- Macroeconomic impact of tobacco taxation in Indonesia.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Tobacco Control Health Communication in Africa: Moving towards Involving Young People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Comparison of smoking prevalence in Canada before and after nicotine vaping product access using the SimSmoke model.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Tobacco industry tactics in response to cigarette excise tax increases in Mauritius.Tobacco control · 2020Article
- Tobacco control and household tobacco consumption: A tale of two educational groups.Health economics · 2020Article
- Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- The Conceptual Model and Methods of Wave 1 (2016) of the EUREST-PLUS ITC 6 European Countries Survey.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
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backgroundMauritius has made great strides in adopting evidence-based tobacco control measures, including an increase in its cigarette excise tax and antitobacco mass media (Sponge) campaign. The primary objective of this study is to examine the combined effect of these measures on smoking behaviour.
methodsThis study used longitudinal data from the International Tobacco Control Mauritius Survey, 2009-2011. Waves 1 and 2 were conducted before the tax increase and wave 3 was conducted shortly after the Sponge campaign and 6 months after the cigarette excise tax increase. Generalised estimating equations were used to examine the effects of these two key tobacco control measures on smoking prevalence and the quantity of cigarettes smoked.
resultsThe results showed that the combination of cigarette tax increase and the Sponge campaign had a significantly negative effect on the prevalence of smoking in Mauritius and the number of cigarettes smoked among continuing smokers. Specifically, the measures significantly reduced the odds of being a smoker (adjusted OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.97). For average daily cigarettes smoked, the measures had a significant reduction in cigarettes per day by about 6% (incidence rate ratios 0.94, 95% CI 0.89 to 0.99).
conclusionsThe combination of policy measures significantly reduced the consumption of cigarettes in Mauritius. While these results are encouraging, these efforts must be part of a sustained effort to further reduce the smoking prevalence in Mauritius.
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