TAKE ACTION: Stop BAT -- Declare All African Games Tobacco-Free

[Anna White]

Dear Friends,

The 8th All African Games is scheduled to be held in Abuja, Nigeria from
October 4th to 18th. The game will draw 6,000 athletes from 53 African
countries, who will compete in 22 sports. The games will be a huge media
event, covered by 1,500 journalists. Big businesses are already jostling
for sponsorship space not only during the sports events, but also
ancillary social and cultural events. Till now there is no concrete
evidence that the British American Tobacco (BAT), the biggest tobacco
company in the country, has secured any  sponsorship deal with the game
organizers. However, BAT is said to be making plans to distribute  free
branded materials like T- Shirts, Face caps or possibly cigarettes
during the social and cultural events. The organizers have also not come
out publicly to declare the event tobacco-free.

TAKE ACTION:  Akinbode Oluwafemi of ERA/FoE (Nigeria) appeals to
colleagues worldwide to click on the link below and send a pre-written
letter demanding that the games be declared tobacco-free.
http://petition.globalink.org/view.php?code=africagames

Thanks for taking action!
Anna

Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control
Essential Action
P.O. Box 19405
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: +1 202-387-8030
Fax: +1 202-234-5176
Email: tobacco@essential.org
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco