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May 31, 2006

Avoision

This week's Polityka has an ad for a cultural event called a "Gala of Film Music" to take place in the National Philharmonic in Warsaw on June 25th. There is a photograph of a concert hall and orchestra and another photograph of a cup of coffee. A caption tells us that "the gala is a celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Zino Davidoff, creator of the brand and the legendary creator of the good taste" -- of coffee, you might think, if you are not a smoker. But no, this is Davidoff cigarettes we're talking about here, despite the steaming cup of coffee pictured. So where is the health warning? Or do only plebs need telling that smoking kills?

Posted by hgrodsk at May 31, 2006 07:31 PM

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