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Jump to full article: ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ph), 2008-08-27
Intro: Philip Morris announced Wednesday that it had backed out of its sponsorship of the much-awaited, one-night-only Eraserheads reunion concert on Saturday. . . .
Gomez gave no reason for its sponsorship withdrawal, but the move was reached after the Department of Health and tobacco control advocates accused the multinational cigarette firm that its sponsorship was a violation of Republic Act 9211 or Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003. . . .
"I have a warning to the tobacco company. If we are able to prove that this concert is actually sponsored by you, Philip Morris, definitely we will train our guns on you for violating the law," Padilla announced at a press conference August 17 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Manila.
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