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18.1% of the Mauritian population smokes
Jean-Marie St Cyr
Thu 06/06/2024 – 18:30

Smoking

EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON HEALTH

  • 7,000 chemicals in a cigarette, including 300 toxic
  • Each cigarette takes 7 minutes of life

INCREASED RISKS

  • Lung cancer: 12 times more
  • Chronic lung diseases: 10 times more
  • Stroke: 2 times more
  • Heart disease: 2 times more
  • Impact on reproductive and sexual health

ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES

  • Restriction of cigarette smoking in public places
  • Limiting the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of tobacco smoke
  • Neutral packaging on cigarette packets
  • 8 pictorial warnings on cigarette packets
  • Ban on advertising, sponsorship and promotion of tobacco products
  • Ban on the importation of e-cigarettes
  • No new tobacco sales license within a 200 meter radius around educational and sports establishments

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