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January 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Chelsea star to sue Indian government over unauthorised use of image
By
Lee Moran
Last updated at 11:34 AM on 3rd January 2012
Under-fire England captain John Terry is said to be furious – as his image is being used by the Indian government to warn of the dangers of smoking.
A blurry photograph of the Chelsea football star appears on Gold Flake cigarette packets across the country above a warning that Smoking Kills.
The advert, created by the Indian government’s Directorate of Visual Publicity, has sparked a series of complaints from Terry’s representatives who are now preparing to sue.
Bizarre: A packet of cigarettes, being sold in India, appears to have a photograph of John Terry above the warning Smoking Kills
Remarkable resemblance: A blurred picture of John Terry is appearing on Indian cigarette packets
Keith Cousins, of Elite Management, told India Express: ‘We have reviewed this matter with our client and have today instructed solicitors to take appropriate action.’
Terry, 31, is currently facing criminal charges over allegations of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers’ Anton Ferdinand.
He has made 72 appearances for England and is also captain of Premier League side Chelsea.
KS Dhatwalia, additional secretary of the Directorate of Visual Publicity, told the Express it was ‘not clear’ how the image had been used.
Alongside: The image of John Terry on a packet of cigarettes stands with other brands on a stall in New Delhi
He said: ‘We sent the creative to the health ministry and they then cleared it and circulated it. But how Terry’s picture got to be used is not clear.’
Government advertising departments have landed in trouble in the past for using ‘cut-and-paste’ images taken from elsewhere.
In 2010, there was embarrassment about a newspaper advertising campaign featuring India’s athletes ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Pictures of the athletes were set against planes supposedly emitting the orange, white and green national colours in vapour plumes, but the planes were in fact Italian and the smoke Italy’s red, white and green.
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Would have been more fitting on a packet of condoms !
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Should use his face on a packet of condoms
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How can they prove the image is John Terry? It’s so blurred surely it could be anyone. It could even be me, I don’t look unlike him.
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Is it really him? It looks like a cross between him and Elvis. Could be anyone.
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What he’s upset about is not being paid a fee for the use of his picture! Money grabbing………
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Sorry DM, but what has the ‘Race-row’ got anything to do with this?
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ONE WORD.. LOL!
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Terry’s representatives have no chance of success, its way to blurry, it could be the image of tens of thousands of people
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John Terry should be more concern about his mouth and his playboy lifestyle so England team won’t become a joke for rest of the world rather than chasing some Cigarette company. Put your act together , or quite the National team for good mate.
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The photo could be of any sportsman, in fact to me it looks more like an old-style boxer such as Gene Tunney. It certainly does not look like a skinny under-fed football star.
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