In a strange collision between the world of professional, televised snooker and the world of alternative cancer treatments, champion snooker player Peter Ebdon was told he could not wear a certain shirt that featured a logo because it violated an old but valid UK law, according to a report in the Telegraph.
Ebdon was wearing shirt that bore the name and logo for the Gerson Therapy, an alternative cancer therapy that has been around for decades but has never offered anything in the way of scientific data. Nonetheless, Gerson has a small cadre of devotees, and snooker player Peter Ebdon appears to be one of them.
In a snooker session against rival Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ebdon wore the shirt, generating several complaints to World Snooker that it violated the Cancer Act of 1939, which makes it illegal to advertise “an offer to treat any person for cancer, or to prescribe any remedy therefor, or to give any advice in connection with the treatment thereof."
Ebdon lost his father to cancer last year, and since then has taken up a vegan diet. In a press conference after the session he said, “I wore a logo yesterday which I was told today I wasn’t allowed to wear, because it offered an alternative cancer therapy treatment. Obviously I’ve upset somebody somewhere but personally I think it’s too important for people not to know.”
The Gerson Therapy includes taking up a vegetarian diet.
Source: Telegraph
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