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Written by on Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Update: Kelly Clarkson’s Tobacco Sponsorship Has Been Pulled

After receiving protests from Kelly Clarkson’s fans and anti-smoking groups, the Indonesian cigarette company pulled its sponsorship of the singer’s concert in Jakarta. The promoter of the April 29 concert said that a final agreement has been reached with tobacco Djarum to terminate the deal. Before... 


After receiving protests from Kelly Clarkson’s fans and anti-smoking groups, the Indonesian cigarette company pulled its sponsorship of the singer’s concert in Jakarta. The promoter of the April 29 concert said that a final agreement has been reached with tobacco Djarum to terminate the deal.

Before the concert was terminated, Clarkson said she would still perform despite the criticism. She also posted in her blog that she had not known adverts featured a logo for local cigarette brand LA Lights. In addition, she refused to cancel on her fans.

After the concert sponsorship came out, anti-smoking groups in Indonesia and the US accused Clarkson of being a representative and a spokesperson for the tobacco industry.

Clarkson wrote in her blog “My morning began with finding out that I am all over billboards, TV ads, and other media formats alongside a tobacco company who, unbeknownst to me, is sponsoring my Jakarta date on my current tour.”

The singer wasn’t told of the sponsorship and that she was not a smoker and was in no way an advocate or an ambassador for youth smoking. Unfortunately, her only alternative was to cancel the show in order to stop the sponsorship.

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