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FORMULA 1 - Cancelled in MLT next year?
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| dEsidEL |
alrite I just heard this on the radio, but apparently organizers of the Forumla 1 circuit races are pulling the event in Montreal next year due to anti-tobacco advertising legislation. I appologize if this topic was already raised but I couldn't find anything under the forum search query.
This obviously sucks royale in my mind seeing as how i've never been to a Formula 1 event before and was kinda looking forward to maybe going next year in MTL if I'm not in Europe. So if anyone knows if there's truth to this pls. post i'd be interested in finding out more ..
ohz and on a side note, apparently Goldclub Series is also ending their tenure as a promoter come this fall due to the same anti-tobacco legislation being moved. Apparently I heard on the news not too long ago that this is actually a global initiative to curb tobacco advertising from public as well as private events. Again if anyone has more info on this pls. share ..
thanx, and hope F1 continues in MTL next year. |
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| dEsidEL |
kz nevermind looks like i juss answered my own question ..
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/a...nada/index.html
i think what anti-tobacco lobyists need to understand that the problem is not an advertising issue but a cultural issue ..people aren't going to choose to smoke because Schumacher drives a Malboro Ferrari, they'll because their friends smoke, and etc.
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| ahlamalek |
after a ty tourist season for Montreal (yes SRAS!, war, mad cow) this does not look good for buisness keepers who depend on tourists (9.7M visitors last year) to pay their bills and rents.
My cousin who has a souvenir shop on st-catherine is not happy at all, he can barely pay the expenses for this summer. Can you imagine, he depends on the summer to pay the rent for the whole year because in the winter, there's lots of days with no sales at all! |
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| discojoe |
| nothing official has been said yet. F1 official has said no decision has been made and as of now the race is on. So there is still hope. |
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| detective you |
| I think I saw on the front page of La Presse this morning that there will not be a Grand Prix in mtl next year....maybe in years to come, itll come back....well I hope so..... |
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| <--ME--> |
According to this
article, the head of Formula One denies that the montreal grand prix will be cancelled, saying that the calendar for next year isn't out yet. |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by <--ME-->
According to this
article, the head of Formula One denies that the montreal grand prix will be cancelled, saying that the calendar for next year isn't out yet. |
wtf ?? wells i believe the F1 report then .. but where the hell are all these media outlets gettin their info from ?? :conf: :wtf: |
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| ahlamalek |
| the CEO of Canada F1 organization (who arranges MTL grand prix) got an official letter from the F1 officials that montreal isn't in the 2004 schedule because of anti-smoking regulations... |
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| <--ME--> |
| The canadian ceo is pleasantly 'away' for the weekend...i don't know what to believe. |
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| dEsidEL |
could this event be saved?
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Tobacco giant creates new marketing arms
SIMON TUCK
Imperial Tobacco Ltd. unveiled two new subsidiaries yesterday, as the domestic industry's biggest player attempts to carve out a marketing plan that stays within the boundaries of Ottawa's new anti-tobacco legislation.
Montreal-based Imperial said it has created one subsidiary, Channel 2, to conduct product displays in bars, sporting events and other entertainment events directed at adults. Canada's largest cigarette maker has also created a wholly owned unit, Rumbling Walls Events, to promote other company's products through its own magazines and Web sites, and organize events where cigarettes could be displayed.
Christina Dona, a spokeswoman for Imperial, said the company is trying to find new ways to use product displays in stores, one of the industry's few remaining marketing avenues. "It's about the only one available."
The final stage of the federal government's new anti-smoking legislation, which is being appealed by the industry, takes effect today. The legislation severely restricts the industry's marketing.
Imperial's new marketing plan is the industry's latest response to its changing legal parameters. The company announced a plan last month to restructure its arts-granting program, also a result of the new federal restrictions on the tobacco industry's ability to use advertising and sponsorships.
Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said Imperial's new marketing plan is the industry's latest move to get around anti-smoking legislation. "If they find a loophole, they'll drive through it."
Ms. Callard said the federal government should move quickly to stop all lifestyle advertising, including those efforts aimed solely at adults.
The industry, Ms. Callard said, is trying to nurture an "economic dependency" between the cigarette companies and bar owners. That would create a lobby group for the tobacco companies to replace the arts and sports groups that are no longer allowed to accept most forms of support from the cigarette makers, she added.
"We knew they'd do something."
Cigarette companies have long argued that their advertising and marketing efforts have been designed only to lure existing smokers who use competitors' products, not to create new smokers. Many anti-smoking lobbyists and health experts have disagreed.
Imperial is owned by London-based global tobacco giant British American Tobacco Co., which says it has 61.6 per cent of the Canadian cigarette market. The other two major players are JTI-Macdonald Corp. and Rothmans Benson and Hedges Inc.
The federal government's latest anti-smoking legislation marks the latest leg in a continuing battle between Canadian governments and the tobacco industry.
In 1995, the industry successfully argued before the Supreme Court that the government's first federal law that banned tobacco advertising violated free speech.
Earlier this year, British Columbia failed in its bid to emulate some U.S. states in trying to recover billions of dollars in health care costs associated with smoking.
A judge in Montreal, meanwhile, yesterday rejected a request by two businessmen who wanted the Montreal Grand Prix allowed an exemption from the new anti-tobacco laws. The judge refused to consider arguments that the loss of the race will hurt the city's economy.
Race organizers said the Formula One event was dropped from the 2004 schedule because of federal and provincial anti-smoking laws.
© The Globe and Mail
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| fastmp3 |
OMG
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| KrinKer |
WHAT ??
NO GOLDCLUB ANYMORE ??
WHAT ??
IT'S A JOKE ??
COME ON ??
WHAT WILL WE DO IF THERE'S NO MORE GOLDCLUB ( it's gonna go on ... only called Goldclub ... without the benson and hendge logo :)
Anyway ... Vath's coming to the dag 'cause of Goldclub on novembre 20th
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KrinKEr |
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