Hoorah for the BMGF and Michael Bloomberg for boosting anti-tobacco efforts with their announcement of $500 million to amplify the work already initiated through Bloomberg's MPOWER approach (Monitor tobacco use and the policies to prevent it; Protect people from tobacco smoke; Offer people help to quit tobacco use;
Warn about the dangers of tobacco; Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship;
Raise taxes on tobacco.) Here's how the Economist covered it.
I went to the media sites of RJ Reynolds, Altria (parent of Phillip Morris) and British American Tobacco Company and found no mention of this announcement.
