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~BAT A' Monthly Synopsis of Public Affairs Issues
N U M B E R 2
INTRODUCTION
Initia ) reaction to the first bulletin has been
sufficien 'I y encouraging to c 0nfirm that there
is a
demand for this type of product in our '%arket".
Issue number one ranged far and wide introducing a
serie 5of topics selected mainly because of their
current interest.
We continue in that vein for this issue and in
particular
we wi II examine why the tobacco industry, and
B.A.T
itself has been so reluctant to enter public
debate
on smoking.
General William Booth, founder of the Salvation
Army,
compl ained that the devil had all the good tunes,
and
set about correcting it by commissioning some
rousing
hymns.
The oppo6erits of smoking certainly do seem to
have most
of the "good tunes" - or at least the headlines.
While
we will not be able to set our arguments to music
we
can at least show that there is another side to
the
debate.
"No comment?"
most of us are aware that there is a strong
climate of
anti-smoking feeling expressed in the press, radio
and
television.
The reasons for this - and despite the fact that
many
media people are smokers - is that smoking is good
copy. It has a high interest value, for millions
of
people smoke, and many are concerned about the
medical
controversy.
In this environment excessive and often
unsupported
statements from pressure groups such as ASH gain
considerable coverage. But the tobacco industry is
often reluctant to participate in the debate. Our
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experience has been that spokesmen from the
tobacco industry
have great difficulty in getting our points across
successfully.
There is of course, no reason why we or any other
group,
should expect easy acceptance of our statements
from the
media - their job after all is to ask the awkward
questions and impartially inform their audience.
But is
often not the case as there have been examples of
biased
reporting of the facts by responsible current
affairs
programmes.
Dangers of misrepresentation or misinterpretation
are
heightened by the U.S. legal situation where
several
manufacturers, ourselves included, face product
liability
suits based on the allegations that people have
suffered
physical injury as a result of smoking.
Because of this our ability to discuss the issues
is con-
strained. We are currently looking at ways of
improving
communications on smoking issues, and this
bulletin is
but one example.
Other actions of the worldwide industry can be
seen in the
U.S. where representatives attempt to restore
balance
in radio and TV debates. In the U.K. FOREST seeks
to
put the case of freedom to enjoy smoking to the
media.
Chewina Gum
A nicotine based chewing gum has been launched
onto the U.K.
market as an aid to giving up smoking.
The gum comes in two strengths 2mg. and 4mg. of
nicotine
per tablet and is aimed to replace the smokers
desire
for nicotine.
The gum is only obtainable from doctors on
prescription
and so far there have been no reports on its
effectiveness
following its general release.
The industrv is currently concerned that
artificially low
nicotine levels may rorr-e L- 51-Ker to compensate
in
his smoking behaviour - by taking longer puffs,
smoking
more, and leaving shorter butts which can increase
his
intake of other smoke constituents.
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The propospd limits of 20mg of tar and lmg of
nicotine are
not the tradizionally acceptable ratio. The
industry view
is that if "tar" is the substance that health
authorities
wish to lower, simultaneous concentration on lower
nicotine levels could in fact increase tar
exposure.
The industry is prepared to co-operate with
governments
in the gradual reduction of tar levels and has
already done
much work to -_~o this. However disruption of
acceptable tar/
nicotine ratios may not provide acceptable
products, and
care must be :aken to ensure consumer acceptance
is
maintained.
Malaysia
Anti-smoking activities are on the increase in
Malaysia
and Singapore. The former is staging mobile
exhibitions,
radio and T.V. broadcasts and direct public
meetings
aimed at making the population more health
conscious.
Strict guidel:nes for advertising have also been
issued,
health warnincs appear on packs and there is
increasing
pressure on s.-oking in public places.
Singapore has become even more aggressive, banning
smoking
on buses, elevators, cinemas and other public
places.
Although anti-smoking measures have been in force
for some
ten years, 19EO has seen an increase in tempo with
government employees and teachers forbidden to
smoke in
the presence of the public or students.
Sponsorship
A major venture into arts sponsorship has been
launched
to back du Maurier in the U.K. The company will
spend
C600,000 over --wo years to back some 60 concerts
by the
orchestra. The managing director of the orchestra
welcomed
it as a "lifeline" and U.K. Arts Minister Norman
St. John
Ste~as added his enthusiastic support.
ASH director David Simpson for reasons best known
to
himself called it "absolutely sickening". Mr.
Simpson
took over the directorship of ASH last year from
Mike
Daube, whose usual reaction to B.A.T sponsorship
was
"grotesque".
Which
As forecast ir --he first bulletin "Which"
magazine carried
an article on smoking which also picked out carbon
monoxide yields of cigarettes.
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The article was broader in scope than anticipated
dealing
generally with smoking and how to stop. Its
treatment
of carbon monoxide as relatively low key but it
did
contain the unsupported belief that carbon
monoxide "increases
the risk of heart disease".
In fact the increase-- level of carbon monoxide in
smokers'
bloodstreams has not 5een shown to be harmful. The
one
experiment which linked carbon monoxide in tobacco
smoke
to the blocking of cz-onary arteries in animals
has proved
impossible to repeat. The scientist concerned has
since
withdrawn the claims.
-1 t is accepted however that increased levels of
carbon
monoxide in the blocd can put increased strain on
an
already damaged hear-. Anything that increases
this
level, even by a slignt amount, should be avoided.
Smoking
does increase the le-,e] of carbon monoxide, but
factors such
as pollution from traffic fumes can have a far
greater effect.
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Low Tar Brands
Considerable interes: is being shown in the media
about the
move to lower tar brands in the U.S. Marketing
initiatives
by most manufacturers have resulted in an ultra
low sector
(below 5mg of tar) and the latest, Cambridge 'from
Philip
Morris, claims to be :he lowest of all with 0.1 mg
of tar.
General comment seems to be that the cigarettes in
this
category lack "that certain something", and in one
series
of blind tests subje--:s found difficulty in
identifying if
the cigarette was alight or not.
What is often ignorec; in covering the launch of
low tar
brands is the work o-;' scientists such as Gori
and Auerbach
in the U.S. which postulates that the reduction in
tar
levels over the years has reduced the incidence of
smoking
related diseases suc;; as lung cancer amongst
smokers of
the low tar products-
&Gori in fact went so far as to say that a smoker
of
cigarettes of the l5iEO's could smoke two a day
without
incurring the risk Tactors. 5-A-V L -J-,'3
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the smoker could smc.-ce 10 ur 15 and still not
increase the
risk factor. The nL=6er of cigarettes "allowed"
obviously
varied according to the tar content.
We are not in a posi-ion to expr either on the
work
e
of scientists like Gcri, or of t earc rs who
suggest
that there is a proven associati f and disease.
It is interesting te note however t there *
contradictory
J4
evidence in sclenti~~c circles and that the issues
of
smoking and health a--a not so clear cut as our
cippnents
would suggest.
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Voluntary Agreements with U.K. Government
Negotiations with the government still continue
but there is
no sign yet that agreement is close.
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The industry has under-:akeM,Zn 11 Dvea details of
the
negotiations, so we cannot e e. h,
? Iv - :1 ~~(, . package is yet.
It is useful, however. to ~11 - the possible
scenario if
agreement proves impossible. The industry does, of
course,
continue to hold the view that voluntary agreement
is
possible and certainly the best way of managing
our affairs.
If the talks break down the government could
legislate.
This would be a compleze u-turn of government
stated policy
- but that is not unknown in political circles.
gislation would probably T, ov p t ion,
p
at is lowering tar levels le
x me ith ob
x and changes to ke-a I I., wa rn i ngs.
penditure reductio
The industry view is that jul&t& is totally
unnecessary
as it has previously de.,mnstrated its willingness
to
apply this type of curtailment voluntarily.
in fact in the face of threatened legislation the
industry
could well impose its own code.
This would effectively defeat the need for
legislation
and might well prompt parliamentary questions as
to why
the government was bothering.
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The trouble with legislation is that it is
inflexible.
Each "infringement" either real ~D perceived would
have
to be tested in the courts, which are already
clogged up
with more iTpa~nt business. The end result would
be
a bureacra a, snowb~jl that took more and more
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Any law generally has loopholes and whilst the
industry
An y
is happy to apply the spirit as well as the letter
of
ish
voluntary agreement this might not be the case if
legislation
v.1u
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were forced on it.
we,e
The results therefore would really be
self-defeating.
We can only hope that common sense prevails and
the
voluntary option succeeds.
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Public Affairs Bulletin No. 2 ... 7
Not only criticism
There are times hen it seems that no-loves us.
and all the news is bad news. Occasionally though,
there is an indication that some of the views of
the
tobacco industry have been listened to and met
with an
unbiased reception. Reproduced on the following
page
is an article by Edward Taylor, M.P. in the Daily
Telegraph
of August 25th.
Middle East Distributor Conference
A successful two day seminar for our Middle East
distributors
was staged in the U.K. at the beginning of August.
Following reviews of smoking issues from the
scientific
and public affairs standpoints useful discussion
and
working sessions continued on the current Middle
East
pressures.
These are cen
aQrr!P6 wtwo major areas: the imposition of a
new health w ith reference to specific diseases
and
delivery limits of 20 mg of tar and mg of
nicotine.
One of the conference objectives was to develop
proposals
_~ti based on th--- --ptime-nts ~o enable the
industry
f I!! ~ac
present its case to governments and allow them
consider their position.
As a follow up to the conference ial on
r _r
/X~ the major issues has been prepare Lb$p~.4
f.irs
and will be supplied to conferenc t b assist
them in arguing the industry's case.
Here we go again ...
"What California does today the world does
tomorrow", is,
at least, what the Californians say. Well, let's
hope not.
In 1978 Proposition 5 was introduced to
Californians. It
advocated severe restrictions on smoking in public
places
with fines and even imprisonment for
non-compliance. The
results could have been partitions in shops,
restrictions on
ki
ki at jazz concerts, but not rock concerts and a
whole
eries f regulations and restrictions that a group
aptly
er, es
ame4 C lifornians for Common Sense were successful
in
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ersu ing Californians to reject the proposal.
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.ae trouble. with smok.1119 111,15
T IS NOW several months since equivalent td the
total benefits suit in . red,:c:ion in tota,
demand. i
discussions sta rl ed beween of North Sea Dil."
There is. in 'a-,. ample e,idLnce I
'he Z and
Goverrmen the. But what of the ind.st'Y's from
countries like Fr3nce.
baCCD industry over the renewal social
oblizariazs7 There are few
!O Poland No"'a, and Finland th't
.d revision of the " gentlemen's 11
industries which spend so muc
" ~he im~osinz of a to:al adverzis-
rieement
under which the all sponsorship. And in an
indirect ban
b 5 not
In - only failed
tobacco ;odurtry agrees to a self- way there is
little doubt the enor-
" a
curb demand. bu, has artu lly
denying a
nance on the scope mous amount spent an t b
a a"a contributed to a slawing down in
of
its
a6 ~emisinx `-'lc e"", Of roduct advertising makes
a
P the movemen, towards the can-
t
permit ed sponsowbip and the
Ina jor contribution to the survival
s
umption of filter and low-tar
publication of health warnings on
'
of local cinemas and some of the cigarettes. In
the United Kin,-dom
as
products.
more marginal ne%-spapcr& and for example. more
than 90 per
71 tie tobacco. iDd.stry and the magaxines. In
short. if the 1*accp cent. of cigarettes smoked
are
filter citarettes and in Australia
St
Minigtrv of Health botb have the indu ry
di5appeared from the and S%vitzerland
%vhicb dofft have I
ca s United )Gngdom tomorrow, the
reputation of keepin. th6r rd.
ponsequences would be dt%-4stat-
close to 116r ohests
but eve ,
ad%;ertizins! bans. the percentage
n
,
has Ing.
this preference for pri,,ac is near 100 per cent.
However in
'
y
not prrvented ru
mours; emerging 71he depwde.oce of the econ- The
countrie% with a ban.
t),e per-
centize'tends to be in the 70s.
from behind closed doors omy on the
tobacco industry And this
basically. is the crunch
.
that the discussions 'have been creates a maic-
problem for a .
of the arguments about advertisinC
More diffictill than before and Government wl'zich
is 0156-11Y .
restrictions. I'Lle industry contends
that sozoe unob-aracteristic -strong commi ted.
-to persuading people that as the advertising is
almost
Cords have been exchanged.
' exclusively brand advi;,Ssing and
Some put the
del&y in a volun- ~not
dver-rising directed to in'
tary agreement down to the fact Crea total
consumption. a
:
that the enithusiaric and hard-
working Health Xmirzw
Sir EDWARD TAYLOR
AIP -"In" or a fur:her restriction
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,
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,
George Yount, is more eV2ngel-. ou
o
s
n t
e m
e
ow
mp
towards lp,;-tir'cigarettes which.
ical than most of his predecessors on the
Government, the although there is no compl,.te
in wantiog to curb cigarette medical agrrement.
was regarded
.532oking. But just as likely is itobacco
industr-y and by the Hunter Committee as likely
that the lack of harmony srtms to be less harmful
than high-tar,
from the tobacco industry feeling advertising
cigarettes.-
that tu -hie-e.t. ad can- On health warnings, it
"Mrs
tribution to the economy have that ibe Government
is. an"Ous
been rather taken for granted. to persuade the
industry to have
WhIle indus:::ries and major to stop smoking
altogether and a series at health warnings in
"
Arms m the United Kingdom have i~hjch lost year-
spext about Cigarettes
plac at the standard
e
Pen collapsing under the Pres- E40%000 an
propagazda de_~igoed seriously damage- Your
Q
" In short
the Government
health
sures of high interest rates and to -achieve this.
The problem is, .
.
wants the indon" to go further
inflation and whiie the zrational- of cours4 that
if the propaianda .
along the path -of advising its
ised industries have cou!d
- been report- actually succeeded, there
' customers at to buy its products-
.Ing re6ord -losses
in bundr-e& of :be devestati.9 Co.
in
'Sequ' ces
' slow progres ic di=s-
e s
=06ow, *e . tobaccti industr7
reveAUL
Imployment and tax
which carries more burdeas-than sion has led
bservers to conclude
So far tte Government have
and 'seeles no 'Yoecial help - that the industry
is beginning
ZCrOSS this tilettrope by
from Goverannent funds base a walked to argue that
there is a limit to
record of achievement stc .ond-to 'Jneaus of
valacrary agreements ibe volantary burdens iyhiob
they
they with the-Jodustry which seem.
'
none. By all the usual tesU are prepared to
accept.
,
bave served Britain'.Mrei largel-y ded-gned to
persuade the
' paganda - cam-
A MASSIve
in.6us: -adopt . -policy of
t;ry :to
' gn - and vrrnment res-
r
P ~
_
and admiesing ItAs 69ozzleIns that its
While the Nime.Mnister =Ons on adverdsing allied
.
otters hare beeiL stressing that products 'are.bad
'aad harmful. to bealth warnings has P;oduced
Britaic's -problems stem from a The M3rch 19ri
agreement with almost 'no change in adprette
lack of competitiveness and an the industry did.
for 'ample. consumption at all. In 1969, Brit-
inability to cope with Imports, the -oblige the
tobacco fxr= 10 Place isb consumers smoked 124,900
tobacco industry -can point a health warning on
L11 their cig- million cigarettes. In 1979, the
proudly to the fict that the in- a.-Me packets and
advertising. todal was 324,900 million although
dustry satisfies 98 per cent of 7be iod~stry also
agreed to speFd this unchanged total 'bides Lhe
UIL demand and has a VDIendid more an advertising
low tar 09- haot that fewer cigarettes were
,
.X,port irecord, with over -arettes thau would be
justified in smoked bythe AB groups in the
050,D00,000 oting earned abroad ter=s of sales.
And there was common ty and more by women.
or_* leer. also a Provision that the content It
appears that all the efforts and
of newspaper and cice= advert-
As far as employment 'S' ton' endeavours by
Government wiii
ising woWd be such that. younger
'
Cr4med
not only does the Indus. not'pezsuade tift public
to stop
,
members of - the -
eqximunity
try employ direccily about 40,000 spooloing.
would not be given theAmpre-9.
almoa ImIf of thedr
..people, but - The facts se-
em to *nt~ to allow.
.
vion -tha smtokm g cigarettes -Or '
emplayems work in development Ing the industry to
go ahead with 1
Farticular branas would be more
areas in Scotland
South WaJ`es
unfettered advertising so long as
,
I
, kely to ensure that tb--y would
MerseysEde
the North East
and they accept the ob!igati6n to steer
.
,
grtrapt more clamorous boF or
'
trouble-torn, Northern. Ireland. gifl-friends, mix
in 'more- exciting advertising towards low-tar
cigar.
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hi
b
.
Apart from - this direct - employ- - any:'of.
enjoy better career
COMP
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e
as
c
.
an
ap;)ez
alance~ to
be less harmf
l
-
.men
t in the actual manufacture -
prospects--.1hich appeirs to be .
u
of cimettes and pipe tobacco, the
mesmge of game advertise-
n
Certai ly it is d.5cult to justify
some 30.0M people w-ork in indus-
ments for alcchol. And apart a plicy
based on advertising and
tries nipplying the tobacco firms from this
agreement the other restricions which won'-
-it.h. pack.ging, pria-Enz and DHSS
'
the ird-istry also agreed work. which could delay
a trans.
i
,
other mne-
s. to Proposals to lift^ sporlsoship fer to 60, e
ttes, and
h
hi
h
-
In t~e fie of ta=ton too. the in a separate t1hree
year zr w
many ~t
c
v'e is simpl,
'
.
indtur.-~*s can-b.tion is a--ton-. ment %,ilh the
Department of 'be
I ees:ure bv Go-;e--.-neat to abs
l -e
its conscience ia" tbe full k0
nov-
isbiog. Ei;`se duty,
VAT. cor-pora- Zn%ironment.
~ ledge that success would be enor-
tion tax,
:c., resuh it t~t ;zdus~ .. Amajor s-.;Z:b':z4
b!ock rr-3--siy io revenue and
try con tr; b -i I i It l; 9 k*Jt A~Pt3r$ to be
the
' erPIOYZ-=~ te=s
-1 he si
rns are
MOD0.0"!2.000 z=ually to the
sh to
ad,. -s. .
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th
a!
be indiLs'n, `a~ 1.d about as
- co
Tmaspi7. 71,4 is 91owrr:v des- ing. On this tat
izd=~rr cor.,tnes mLch as it cin' I.
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ake prd is jus-
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tbe ind-.
rtry's
bed _; . that there is no evidence that beg'=ning
to e:;a;! ;a peaceful
l
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Californians voted_ on Proposition 5 just two
years ago
and it was defeated. Now there is Proposition 10,
wh i7h
seems to have avoided some of the excesses of
Proposition 5
but has the same ~,,asic effect of restricting
smoking in
public places.
Another group ha 5 ~eenrforced to combat
Proposition 10
called Californians Against Kegulatory Excess
(CARE)
which has the sup.-.ort of the U.S. Tobacco
Industry.
We believe that restrictions on public smoking are
not a matter for 'vegislation: for example should
hard
pressed po)iceforces really be going around fining
people
for smoking when --erhaps they would be better
employed
pursuing serious crime.
Equally non-smokers should be able to go to places
that
are free of cigare--te smoke if they wish. But
usually
the problem is no: so acute that an average air
conditioner or ope-1 window cannot cure.
Smokers should ac=ept that, as a matter of
courtesy,
there are times .en they do not smoke, and
non-smokers
should accept the individuals right to smoke if he
so
chooses.
The issue can be resolved by common sense and
courtesy
without resort to legislation ... we shall keep
you informed
of the California,-. verdict.
Smoking and Healtn Booklet
r_~
A booklet on smo a for yees is in
la on
preparation by t ~s ptment. The
Ce I a)
booklet will set ~.e n yi 'o n on various
n
smoking issues and attempt to explain some of the
medical
and scientific issues in plain language.
Publication is scheduled for the Autumn.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Germany
After two years of negotiation the German
cigarette industry
and government have agreed on a wording for health
warnings
to be printed on :ackets and advertisements.
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The warnings are new in Germany although there has
been a
ban on cigarette adver:ising on TV and radio for
sometime.
The warnings which bec-n from November Ist read,
Federal Health Minisrr-! : Smok~.nri endangers
your health
Belaium
A new regulation covering tobacco advertising took
effect
on 10th October )980. Forbidden media are
radio/TiV, films,
-7 children's periodicals, samples, stickers,
boats and
airshops (outdoor ads ill stop in January 1,082).
Forbidden
practices are testimonials, extracts from
scientific texts,
or texts related to hygiene and health. Mandatory
health
warnings are to be printed on packs, with
mandatory
ingredient information on packages from April
1981.
Also effective from Oc::ober 1980, will be the
limized use of
media per brand: newspa:)ers, one half page;
weeklies, one
page.
Canada
Tobacco advertising in Canada is subject to a
ple-.nora of
codes and general reccanendations. In addition to
neeting
the requirements of the basic Canadian Code of
Advertising
Standards, it must comply with the Manual of
General
Guidelines for Advertising (based on the work
"Truz.-i in
17 Advertising", the Toron-- Srhool tif ThealQgy's
Syroosium
published in 1~72), the Cigarette and Tobacco
Advertising
and Promotion Code, and the Code of Ethics and
Stan-`ards
of Practice created by the Canadian Direct
Mail/Marketing
Association in 1978.
-01Y
i France
'11'arisla 21authorities have imposed a fine of 30
000 -rap . s
on the Director- General of R.J. Reynolds and
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it
for presenting in v - sing
Reynolds is reproached S ad .
a camel "smoking a cigarette with some enjoyment."
The
law permits only the use of the registered emblem
of the
brand - a camel without a cigarette - as be ing an
integral
par-, uF the paCKeE; Rev.-iolos dipl,ea to cnang.
their emblem - The Camel lighter, however,
launched
earl ler this year, is classified outside the
tobac--3 product
_category and can be use--; with --l-e --vs
avo,a,ng
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Reynolds have appealed against the fine, and the
ou-.:=.,ie
this might set for other brands.
Hol I and
The Minister of Culture and Recreation now has
assu,-.e--'
authority to ban certain product commercials on
radic and
T.V., and reasserted the advertising ban on
cigare-es
and tobacco.
Ireland
The Ministerfor Health in Ireland has launched a
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anti-smoking ca - . tha ress, on radio and
:elevision,
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to induce lreland'rs8OOOOO a ult smokers to gibe
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The campaign is be-g ri., Ly the State-sponsorec
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VIP Education Bureau * Part of the campaign
consists Of a
cigarette package-] ike 'N i p-top pack, contai ni
nc 2= c= '-ds
giving details of the srmking habit, its alledge:
il
effects, and how it can be stopped.
Israel
A draft law will soon be submitted which will ban
~~e
advertising of tobacco on radio and T.V. and
rec.L;ire a
health warning on packets.
Portugal
The National Commission for Tobacco is pressing
'Fcr *.ecislation
to abolish the advertising of tobacco on radio an"
T."-.. and to
require health warnings on packs. Tobacco
adver:isin: has
now resumed, after a six-year hiatus.
Switzerland
Outdoor advertising of tobacco products has beer,
~.an.-.e~_ by
the municipality of Murten; the temperance group
Gooc 7emplars
is gathering signatures for a popular initiative
and 7:ational
referendum to ban such advertising, probably due
in 1,53-1.
Berne, Basle, Lucerne and St. Gall have banned
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ads on municiple property.
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 5
November 1999