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==Thailand==
==Thailand==
==Tobacco Harm Reduction (Multiple Countries - not LMIC specific)==
===2021 Mar 23 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20210323153911/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bloombergs-millions-funded-an-effective-campaign-against-vaping-could-it-do-more-harm-than-good Bloomberg’s Millions Funded an Effective Campaign Against Vaping. Could It Do More Harm Than Good?]===
*Kenneth Warner, a University of Michigan scholar, says “Michael Bloomberg did some great things for public health, but he is way off base on this.”
*The e-cigarette debate is about social justice as well as public health. Much of the outcry about vaping has come from well-educated, well-to-do, and well-connected parents who want to protect their kids. By contrast, the people that smoke, who might benefit from switching to e-cigarettes, tend to be poor and less educated; people of color, especially Native Americans; gay or lesbian; homeless or incarcerated; and those with mental-health or other substance-abuse issues. They lack political clout.
*The challenge for foundations and nonprofits concerned about health is to act (or choose not to act) amidst contentious debate and scientific uncertainty. For now, virtually all of the philanthropic money driving the conversation — overwhelmingly from Bloomberg but also from the corporate foundation of the drugstore chain <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 128, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">CVS</span> -- has come down strongly against vaping.
*Ethan Nadelman, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance, says: “There is essentially no philanthropic funding to support harm reduction.”
*Anti-smoking charities that had cautiously recommended e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking for people who can’t quit reversed themselves. The lung and heart associations and the cancer society all get grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies, either directly or through Tobacco-Free Kids.
*David Sweanor calls the anti-vaping nonprofits Big Tobacco’s Little Helpers.
*Follow the money
**$160 million, three-year anti vaping campaign (USA)
**Bloomberg Philanthropies has committed nearly $1 billion to combating tobacco (nicotine) (Worldwide)
**Bloomberg flexed his financial muscles: He contributed $9.4 million of his own money to the San Francisco anti-vaping campaigns in 2018 and 2019. The American Heart Association gave another $612,000
**Tobacco-Free Kids gave about $300,000 to a Boston charity called Health Resources in Action
**The Truth Initiative spends about $100 million a year on marketing, advocacy, and research.
*Keywords: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Truth Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Resources in Action, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, San Francisco Kids vs. Big Tobacco, Bloomberg Philanthropies,




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==1999 [https://www.wired.com/1999/02/bloomberg/?fbclid=IwAR3TF0UFAXDcGgnA8i0ATnIYeUOTXCCVCNxZ8NWzLjWx8mX2Jx3LcVatdSw Michael Bloomberg's Terminal Velocity]==
==1999 [https://www.wired.com/1999/02/bloomberg/?fbclid=IwAR3TF0UFAXDcGgnA8i0ATnIYeUOTXCCVCNxZ8NWzLjWx8mX2Jx3LcVatdSw Michael Bloomberg's Terminal Velocity]==
*Article about his business endevours, his companies, and the people who work for him.
*Article about his business endevours, his companies, and the people who work for him.
='''Questions about Bloomberg's Tobacco Control Efforts'''=
==2021 Mar 23 - [https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bloombergs-millions-funded-an-effective-campaign-against-vaping-could-it-do-more-harm-than-good?cid=gen_sign_in Bloomberg’s Millions Funded an Effective Campaign Against Vaping. Could It Do More Harm Than Good?]
*Sign up for a free account to read above article or see the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210323153911/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bloombergs-millions-funded-an-effective-campaign-against-vaping-could-it-do-more-harm-than-good Web Archive]*
*Kenneth Warner, a University of Michigan scholar, says “Michael Bloomberg did some great things for public health, but he is way off base on this.”
*The e-cigarette debate is about social justice as well as public health. Much of the outcry about vaping has come from well-educated, well-to-do, and well-connected parents who want to protect their kids. By contrast, the people that smoke, who might benefit from switching to e-cigarettes, tend to be poor and less educated; people of color, especially Native Americans; gay or lesbian; homeless or incarcerated; and those with mental-health or other substance-abuse issues. They lack political clout.
*The challenge for foundations and nonprofits concerned about health is to act (or choose not to act) amidst contentious debate and scientific uncertainty. For now, virtually all of the philanthropic money driving the conversation — overwhelmingly from Bloomberg but also from the corporate foundation of the drugstore chain <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 128, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">CVS</span> -- has come down strongly against vaping.
*Ethan Nadelman, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance, says: “There is essentially no philanthropic funding to support harm reduction.”
*Anti-smoking charities that had cautiously recommended e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking for people who can’t quit reversed themselves. The lung and heart associations and the cancer society all get grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies, either directly or through Tobacco-Free Kids.
*David Sweanor calls the anti-vaping nonprofits Big Tobacco’s Little Helpers.
*Follow the money
**$160 million, three-year anti vaping campaign (USA)
**Bloomberg Philanthropies has committed nearly $1 billion to combating tobacco (nicotine) (Worldwide)
**Bloomberg flexed his financial muscles: He contributed $9.4 million of his own money to the San Francisco anti-vaping campaigns in 2018 and 2019. The American Heart Association gave another $612,000
**Tobacco-Free Kids gave about $300,000 to a Boston charity called Health Resources in Action
**The Truth Initiative spends about $100 million a year on marketing, advocacy, and research.
*Keywords: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Truth Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Resources in Action, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, San Francisco Kids vs. Big Tobacco, Bloomberg Philanthropies,
*Response to above article from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, and the Truth Initiative (See first letter on the page) and response from Eric N. Lindblom, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, and former director of the Office of Policy at FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products from 2011 to 2014 (see second letter on the page): [https://www.philanthropy.com/article/vaping-and-philanthropy-debating-strategies-that-work Vaping and Philanthropy: Debating Strategies That Work]
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