No Smoking Ads, Please

Sued by the Justice Department, Madison Square Garden agreed to move cigarette advertising signs out of the camera’s eye during televised basketball and hockey games and other sports and entertainment events.

The government accused the Garden, which owns the NBA’s New York Knicks and the NHL’s New York Rangers of violating the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act by displaying a large Marlboro cigarette sign directly in front of the scorer’s table during televised Knicks games.