Red card for Muratti?
Thursday 26th March 2009, 2:58PM GMT.
ONE of the Channel Islands’ oldest and most famous sporting trophies may have to be renamed because of new anti-smoking regulations.
The Muratti Vase, the prize for the annual football competition between Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, could be red-carded for good because Muratti is a tobacco product manufacturer.
New draft regulations drawn up by Health call for all tobacco advertising and branding to be banned. The proposals recently received the overwhelming support of Islanders in a consultation exercise.
However, no one had pointed out to Health the effect a ban might have on the Muratti Vase. And a exemption might have to be put into a new law so that the name can remain legal.
• Picture: Winning the Muratti is the pinnacle of CI football achievement, as is clear from this picture of the winning Jersey team from 2003
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I didn’t know that “Muratti” was a brand of cigarette. I don’t think most of the island did either. Nice one health! Have you thought about going into advertising because you couldn’t have done a better job of publicising the brand.
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I am not sure whether or not the brand is still on the market anyhow. I know it is possible it could be resurrected, but then so could any commercial product.
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Change the name to Murati and save yet more taxpayers money on revising laws
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Great comment John S.Simple and effective.
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Is it April 1st ?
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So Transport and Technical Services will no longer be able to trim the island’s (Benson and) Hedges and Daphne du Maurier’s books will only be available under the counter? The list is endless of course.
Leave the Muratti alone!
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