Feb.13 Italy's best known consumer rights group is threatening to sue Ferrari and urging the government to "seize" the team's newly-launched 2020 car. Following similar controversies a year ago, the inclusion of the 'Mission Winnow' branding on the new red car is once again causing a stir. Mission Winnow is a brand created by the tobacco giant Philip Morris, Ferrari's long-time title sponsor. On its website, the brand is not obviously associated with tobacco, instead declaring its goal of driving "change by constantly searching for better ways of doing things". The major Italian consumer group Codacons, however, says it is in fact subliminal tobacco advertising, which...
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