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Gravity
is for Sissies -
Export A expands its Extreme
Sports Series (in defiance of bans)
Although Canada's Tobacco Act
limits sponsorship-promotion of cigarettes to events grandfathered to 1997,
Japan Tobacco's Canadian affiliate has chosen to expand its sponsorship
promotion to a number of new events across Canada, including many events popular
amount teenagers and young people.
At events like the Molson Sno-Jam,
Export A has climbing walls and other popular events, where they distribute
marketing trinkets (like key-chains) marked with the distinctive extreme
"x." Among the items distributed in 2001 was a screen-saver
cd-rom, which contained a fast-paced, high-energy romp through racing,
sky-diving and other extreme sports.
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