Tobacco firm all of a sudden drops New York Dolls tour

LEGENDARY rock’n'roll band the New York Dolls have cancelled their Australian tour after their plans to play a series of tobacco industry promotional events were exposed.

The band’s October tour itinerary, posted on its website, included shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney for cigarette brand Peter Stuyvesant, owned by Imperial Tobacco, along with dates at New York-themed festival the Boroughs.

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But the entire Australian tour has been cancelled and the Boroughs website deleted after news of the tobacco gigs was posted on music website Mess & Noise on Monday.

Trade events, where tobacco companies ply retailers and nightclub operators with free alcohol and entertainment, are one of the few promotional tools left to the industry

Professor of public health at the University of Sydney Simon Chapman said Imperial Tobacco’s actions suggested they were ramping up their promotional efforts before plain-packaging legislation to be introduced today and likely to have taken effect by January.

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Remember when Chandler (of Friends) says “Hey, you know, I’ve had it with you guys and your ‘cancer’ and your ‘emphysema’ and your ‘heart disease’. The bottom line is smoking is cool and you know it.“. Looks like some of these smoking celebrities took that seriously….Check it out! 1. Lilly Allen smoking Lily Allen in concert at the Ancienne Belgique, Brussels. 8 May 2009.

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