It's got to be a legal minefield working for advertising/promotion/marketing at a cigarette company these days.
2006, Madrid, Spain... walking out of a night club and i get asked the question, do you smoke? I just said yes because i saw they were giving out freebies. It was a nice Lucky Strike tin, with a fancy metal lighter inside, a guide to blowing smoke rings and a 10 pack of cigs :shock:
The smoking ban they introduced there was also a joke. Pub/cafes with less than 100m2 area were except from providing a seperate filtered smoking area and it was up to each cafe whether they wanted to be smoke free or not. Problem was, 90% of the pub/cafe were less than 100m2 so nothing really changed!
When I started work in the nice plush offices in 2004 in Madrid, there were people smoking at their desks.... i went to the stationary cabinet to get a few bits and there was a pile of ashtrays in there if you wanted one for your desk!