CIGARETTE SELLERS
October 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIEIMPERIAL Tobacco Canada is using sexy "cigarette girls and boys" to sell cigarettes in trendy clubs in order to circumvent restrictive anti-tobacco legislation effective in the country from October 1. The tobacco firm says the technique respects all federal regulations on advertising and sponsorship, which do not ban displays of tobacco products or insist that health warnings appear on displays. Imperial has established two new subsidiaries to stage events at music venues, where they set up promotional displays such as illuminated display cases and ...
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