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14 Jun 2024

Seniors’ group CARP says it’s quitting Big Tobacco sponsorships after response from fired up members

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
A hand holds up a no-smoking sign against a background highlighting the initials of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.

After getting an earful from CARP members, the advocacy group for older people says it will no longer accept sponsorship from tobacco companies and is giving the money it received from Rothmans, Benson & Hedges to an unnamed charity that cares for people with smoking-related illnesses.