Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg-Wikipedia , ex-Mayor of New York, has devoted much of his time and fortune to anti-smoking campaigns. In September 2019, his philanthropic arm made a $160 million three-year commitment to anti-vaping campaigns with goals including enacting bans of all flavored e-cigarettes. While this endeavour is led by Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, his funding and influence are not confined to the United States alone.

Nicotine Products

Latin America (Mexico, Central America, South America, Caribbean)

2020 Feb 24 - Mexico Bans Import of All Vaping Products, Cites WHO Guidance

• However, the primary reason cited for the ban is the ideology of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Bloomberg-funded tobacco control arm the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC).
• The bottom line for Mexico is that WHO/FCTC recommends prohibition when possible, and the government thinks it’s possible. Countries that follow WHO dogma on e-cigarette policy are rewarded with huge grants for public health programs that employ many people. Much of the funding for the WHO’s tobacco control programs is provided by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

2020 Jun 17 - 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.
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