It has split Australians among those who complain of a nanny state and those who applaud its positive public health message. The deal begins in March and was revealed in the media on Wednesday. The ban lasts the duration of a 400,000 Australian dollar ($355,000) sponsorship deal with a state government health promotion agency, Healthway. West Australian Opera had been considering a 2015 staging of the popular opera about a Spanish gypsy named Carmen who works in a cigar factory.
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian opera company is being criticized for banning as part of a sponsorship deal performances of ''Carmen'' for two years because the 140-year-old French opera depicts smoking.
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