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Tobacco Company Caught In Online Scam

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Tue, Sep 11th 2001 2:30am — Mike Masnick
British American Tobacco apparently tried to get around rules against advertising their cigarettes by putting up a website "entertainment guide" that recommended young people towards certain clubs. The site never said that it was owned by BAT, and coincidentally, seemed to point users to clubs that happened to sell BAT cigarettes.

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