Tobacco giveaways draw crowds, but Hong Kong snuffs them out

  • 28/06/1998

  • Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)

In an era when cigratte advertising is under attack worldwide, tobacco companies will see an end to their unusally blunt sales pitch: Smoke more, get a prize. But soon, giveaway promotions by cigratte makers will be banned in the city , when a new public health legislation takes effect.