Marketing Events, Programs and Promotions
SATG distinguishes between open venues like concerts and football games and closed venues located within adult only facilities such as bars or other facilities where adults only are admitted. SATG voluntarily restricts such programs to adult smokers age 21 or older.
SATG conducts a number of different kinds of brand related events. All such events are conducted in Adult Only facilities. These events may include breakfasts, day spas, bar nights or large scale dance parties. Before adult smokers are admitted to the event, age is verified with a valid government issued ID. If a smoker brings a guest, the guest must also be 21 or older.
SATG also conducts cigarette brand continuity programs where smokers aged 21 or older may redeem universal product codes (UPCs) for merchandise offered in branded catalogs, and email promotional offers. Adult participants must provide age verification before they receive any type of merchandise. All is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers to conduct their business.
To ensure the international trading system benefits everyone we believe the more powerful trading nations should not be allowed to dominate ther trade agenda. Developing nations need to be encouraged and helped to take a more active role. Developed countries have an obligation to help build capacity in developing countries, to ensure that in the international trade policy debate poorer nations are capable of effectively articulating their concerns and forwarding their interests. We also believe it is critical that developed countries help poorer nations to implement existing trade commitments, before seeking to expand further the current scope of the WTO.
We agree with the WTO Director, General Michael Moore, who said in July 2001, "The arguments in favor of launching a new round have been recognized by an increasing number of international institutions, notably by the Secretary–General of the UN himself, and by a succession of ministerial and leaders' summits. However, a large number of players are not yet convinced. I firmly believe the best answer - in fact the only answer – to those who remain skeptical about the merit of new negotiations is a forward looking work programme which caters for the interests of all members, but in particular the developing and least-developing countries. Similarity, the best response to those who deny the benefits of trade liberlisation in economic development is a negotiating agenda which strives to make international trade fairer."
