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anonkitty2 t1_iz1m055 wrote

America already bans direct cigarette advertising on television, and had since the 1970s. A decade or two ago, they decided that naming events after known cigarette brands and having inescapable cigarette billboards should also be banned. We lost the Winston Cup then, though I presume the event has another name. Cigarette sponsors would lock out a critical niche of World Cup viewers.

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t-sme t1_iz7ecmj wrote

Nextel Cup, Sprint Cup (same sponsor but name change due to company merger), Monster Energy Cup. Then they upgraded to the point where they have four sponsors, but they don't try to fit all of them in the name, so it's just NASCAR Cup.

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