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By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network
Big Tobacco used to be one of the principal sports sponsors. Now some major climate polluters have replaced it: Big Carbon.
Who backs the world of sport with hard cash? The prosperous tobacco industry was till 2005 among the main sports sponsors, but that year the European Union banned the backing by tobacco of sporting events, although in other parts of the world the cash continues to pour from hand to hand unchecked.
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