Tobacco sponsorships to end

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Tobacco-company sponsorship of sports and cultural events will be banned by the Canadian federal government, but the government will also provide transition time of five years for the events to find other financial support. The first two years will see no limitations, but eventually curbs will be applied to lead to a total ban. The ban is called for when the Tobacco Act was passed in 1997, but events organizers pleaded for more time for them to obtain replacement funds. The tobacco issue especially made a major impact in Quebec, Canada, where many tobacco-sponsored events are held and where many tobacco firms are based.

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Canada: Tobacco-company sponsorship of events will be banned by federal govt, but there will be 5 years of transition time

Canada, Government regulation (cont), Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Article

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NASA tries again for Mars

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NASA's Odyssey space mission to Mars has been given the task of locating hydrogen on the red planet. NASA, which was disappointed by the crash of the Mars Polar Lander in 1999, hopes the 2001 Mars Odyssey program will redeem its deep space projects.

United States, Government domestic functions, Guided missiles and space vehicles, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Space Vehicles, Research, Mars (Planet), Aerospace industry, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Spacecraft, Space vehicles industry, Odyssey (Space vehicle)

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