Tue, Sep 7, 2010
Tobacco Reporter Magazine Content:
New Year, same old arguments
Dec 21, 2009—Cigarette companies in New Zealand are being threatened with prosecution over exclusive distribution deals they have entered with event promoters, according to a story in the electronic version of the New Zealand Herald.
Some people are questioning whether these deals are contrary to the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990, which bans tobacco companies from making financial contributions to events.
Rhythm and Vines (a major New Year festival held at Gisborne) director, Scott Witters, confirmed that Philip Morris Tobacco had bought exclusive supply rights at this year's event.
Witters said that having cigarettes onsite helped discourage revellers from driving 12 km into the town center to buy them.
"It's no different to the agreements we have with a lot of other suppliers,” he added. “They pay the rights so they don't get their competitors in there but there's no advertising, no promotion."
The Herald story said that a spokeswoman for British American Tobacco New Zealand had confirmed that it had had an exclusive supply deal with Fashion Week, held in September.
Dec 21, 2009—Cigarette companies in New Zealand are being threatened with prosecution over exclusive distribution deals they have entered with event promoters, according to a story in the electronic version of the New Zealand Herald.
Some people are questioning whether these deals are contrary to the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990, which bans tobacco companies from making financial contributions to events.
Rhythm and Vines (a major New Year festival held at Gisborne) director, Scott Witters, confirmed that Philip Morris Tobacco had bought exclusive supply rights at this year's event.
Witters said that having cigarettes onsite helped discourage revellers from driving 12 km into the town center to buy them.
"It's no different to the agreements we have with a lot of other suppliers,” he added. “They pay the rights so they don't get their competitors in there but there's no advertising, no promotion."
The Herald story said that a spokeswoman for British American Tobacco New Zealand had confirmed that it had had an exclusive supply deal with Fashion Week, held in September.
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