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Mr President, why is tobacco money still allowed in F1?

'Why is the tobacco industry so eager to sponsor F1? F1 fans are overwhelmingly young, male and affluent—Big Tobacco’s ideal customers. With over six percent of the world’s population watching, this is an audience the industry desperately wants to seduce.' That's the pretext to a campaign aimed at FIA President Jean Todt to do away with lingering tobacco advertising which pumps substantial amounts of money into motorsport at the highest level, with his former Ferrari team one of the main culprits. exposetobacco.org initiated a campaign whereby visitors can send a Tweet to FIA President Jean Todt to highlight the situation. We did our bit: .@FIA @JeanTodt Tobacco has no place in...
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