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='''Nicotine Products'''= | ='''Nicotine Products'''= | ||
==India== | ==India== | ||
==Philippines== | ==Philippines== | ||
==Latin America (Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean)== | ==Latin America (Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean)== | ||
===2020 Jun 17 - [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/90696/bloombergs-war-on-vaping-expands-to-latin-america-and-beyond/?fbclid=IwAR0WXD8yqJWrCaY39LnkHMgm_mt3mSjYuDjwAcun0GSNx0xK2bmcYBoP4Xc Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Expands to Latin America and Beyond]=== | |||
*Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is a well known public figure in the U.S. However, most Americans are unaware of the overwhelming influence of his philanthropy on public health policies (sugar, food and tobacco/nicotine) in Latin America and in LMICs elsewhere in the world. This influence is exerted through the political framework of the World Health Organization (WHO), either directly or indirectly via various Bloomberg-funded NGOs. | |||
*There are structural reasons for Bloomberg’s philanthropy to focus its efforts on LMICs: (1) these countries often welcome external private funds given the chronic lack of resources and personnel in their health ministries and public health institutions, and (2) most governments of LMICs are non-democratic regimes, with vertical, non-transparent public health bureaucracies always ready for wheeling and dealing. Thus, all it takes for a policy to be officially enacted is to lobby and convince the head of government, or a sufficiently influential group among high-ranking health officials. | |||
*Spanish version available [https://thevapingtoday.com/la-guerra-contra-el-vapeo-de-bloomberg-se-expande-a-america-latina-y-mas-alla/?fbclid=IwAR0P9YGdhH63aW42JvohSk7aGzzpycGM8Xim-09KT-rqXdMswCSzVVp8wgg here] | |||
==LMIC's / "Philanthropic Colonialism" (General / Multiple Countries)== | ==LMIC's / "Philanthropic Colonialism" (General / Multiple Countries)== | ||
==United States== | ==United States== | ||
='''Funding Anti-Nicotine NGO's'''= | ='''Funding Anti-Nicotine NGO's'''= | ||
='''Nicotine - Friends / Associates of Bloomberg'''= | ='''Nicotine - Friends / Associates of Bloomberg'''= | ||
==Gates== | ==Gates== | ||
==PAVe== | ==PAVe== | ||
='''Cities / Roads'''= | ='''Cities / Roads'''= | ||
='''Environment'''= | ='''Environment'''= | ||
='''Food/Beverages'''= | ='''Food/Beverages'''= | ||
='''Guns'''= | ='''Guns'''= | ||
='''Women'''= | ='''Women'''= | ||
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===2012: [https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]=== | ===2012: [https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]=== | ||
*Health Justice (Philippines) gets a grant from Mike Bloomberg to implement its tobacco control plans | *Health Justice (Philippines) gets a grant from Mike Bloomberg to implement its tobacco control plans | ||
[[Category:Media - Movies, Videos, Vlogs, Blogs, OpEds, News, etc.]] [[Category: People of note]] [[Category: Tobacco control groups]] | [[Category:Media - Movies, Videos, Vlogs, Blogs, OpEds, News, etc.]] [[Category: People of note]] [[Category: Tobacco control groups]] | ||