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===2021 [https://consumerchoicecenter.org/the-digital-economy-minister-crusading-to-legalize-vaping-in-thailand/ THE DIGITAL ECONOMY MINISTER CRUSADING TO LEGALIZE VAPING IN THAILAND]=== | |||
*One research organization at Thammasat University in Bangkok has been given grants as part of a $20 million global project by Michael Bloomberg’s charity Bloomberg Philanthropies to “monitor” tobacco regulations and push for bans on alternative technologies like vaping. | |||
*This follows Michael Bloomberg’s efforts at depriving adoption of harm-reducing nicotine products in developing countries like the Philippines, India, and others. | |||
*The effort to legalize vaping, however, will come with significant opposition. Both domestic doctor groups and the FCTC, as well as Bloomberg’s foundation, have put pressure on the government to enforce a continued ban on vaping products. | |||
==Ukraine== | ==Ukraine== | ||