THEATRE NEWS: Equity stubs out tobacco fire
... Equity stubs out tobacco fire EQUITY HAS extinguished hopes of a union-wide ban on members working in shows sponsored by tobacco companies. A blanket ban is the key objective of the new pcifoimm pressure group, Artists Against Smoking Sponsorship, bunched this month. But Equity's leadership, which re jected a previous call for the ban after the union's annual general meeting earner this year, ...