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f w M;td•.0 RA:: D iJ?'I I ~)S t, . tL ,-I &I L lcl`?G/17,~-,J : To . : miss Kristina ;{essel - ~ ~ ..essrs. G.L. de jru; r 2~°:1:f From . Subject : . Source D.R. Gatland ~ G.M. de Wit C.J. Hart dated August 2Cth, 19!80 General Smoking lssues : Pall Mall and tirin3sur. -T'in,, Algemeen Dagblad - national morning daily - Date : 20th August ? 9S0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- As a reaction to the decision of the Code Commission for the Advertising World re. a co:np laint against Pall Mail's (from Turmac) sponsoring of windsurfing - rejected - the anti-smoking _ group Foundation Public Health considers that people who have conplaints about tobacco advertising must directly appeal to the court. The complaint w-us - as reported earlier - that Pall 11-Iall made a connection between sports=zanship, health and smoking. The Code Comimission is of the opinion that it is qt:itc clear that the ~-~ ~ sponsor wanted to create a rCl'c.::F_'d and }1aDP•J at"losnilere ar'J'1Prd the C1'gaT'CttC. 'T'-e }.noltiTlCG;1TC that ^..*.:rJkl'?lg 1: c.]..n _~` •:rous ?: iSil`'fi- _ ~. ~ cient'_y known ~. ~n~' - tn' 'Is i: r.o,.',, unc'e_^ ined by :'a ll '":all's a:~ver~t'-- ~ r sements'*, accordir.;-, to t`-:e :_on^i.nsion. ~ I „r~1DOV ~ ~ .L2. O 0 , ~ <`~ p~tr~ers ~-~ . 1niihc: retadions advLswrs z!A A/ V N1 ,!~" 1°F~~ ~

l The Code Commission let clearly kno:-r that she is not that able to take a decision, :~hi ? e, there is still no a„reer^.^nt ::it: _ t:~e cigarette indu.^itryab'Jut the VnIL'ntc?r1 code. "She has iuCt --ae instruments to Judge the of rende?''s~",..-or'5:1e.Tlted the FOUnd.l t=oa. The Foundation, got the id,ta of going to court from a recent success (for the anti-smoking lobby) before the German district . court in 1:anr.over. _ . I