Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: This comes at a time when tobacco sponsorship has become wholly illegal in the European Union ( including F1 races ) and other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies , for example McLaren ended their eight year relationship with West , Renault broke with JT and BAT withdrew in 2006 .
Simplified: It had become illegal in the European Union , including F1 races . Other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies .