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• Ban On Cigarette Sponsorship For Sports To Stay 

Jump to full article: Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA) (my), 2009-11-19
Author: Ramjit

Intro:

The ban on cigarette sponsorship for sports activities, especially football, will not be withdrawn by the government, deputy minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Razali Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat Thursday.

Razali said there will be no change in the government's commitment to support the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global ban on cigarette companies sponsoring any kind of sports activities under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

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