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This creates a dilemma that many countries will wrestle with, exempting one area of sport from tobacco sponsorship bans will only create an outburst from other sports or organisations that will argue their corner as a suitable case for exemption.
The case of the UK portrayed the potential loss of the British GP as damaging the UK motorsport industry as a whole, all of which was conducted under the heading of Bernie E's ongoing dispute with the BRDC over facilities at Silverstone, although sopme observers alleged that it was a ruse to hoof another tobacco unfriendly venue from the calendar.
In the case of Silverstone, some Labour politicians expressed concern at pumping public money into 'saving' an event, participated in largely by multi-millionaires, which in their view made nonsense to support an industry so blatantly awash with cash , but as ever the threat of potential job losses will see some sort of investment in the 'area'.
However for countries that have no motorsport industry, I wonder how many politicians will go out on a limb and exempt what is only one event per year, having knowingly signed up to the convention on tobacco.
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