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==Armenia==
==Armenia==
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==Australia==


===2023: [https://www.openphilanthropy.org/research/tobacco-control/ Open Philanthropy - Tobacco Control ]===
*"Legal aid. One strategy outside the MPOWER framework is training legal experts to write better policies and fight against the tobacco industry lobby. There are some organizations working on this. The Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund, which is funded by both Bloomberg and Gates, provides resources to LMICs to pass tobacco control laws. The McCabe Centre in Australia trains government lawyers and policymakers to advance tobacco control laws. I did not find any estimates of how much funding is spent on legal aid, so I am unsure how much this space would benefit from additional funding."
*"The Gates Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies are two of the largest funders in this space. Gates mainly funds tobacco control in Africa, while Bloomberg focuses on large, mainly Asian countries."
===2015: [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-31944575 New global fund to help countries defend tobacco control]===
===2014: [https://www.uicc.org/news/law-and-cancer-workshop-big-success Law and Cancer workshop a big success]===
*"...with a focus on regulating risk factors, particularly tobacco use through the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control."
*"The workshop was primarily supported by grants from...and the Bloomberg Philanthropies."
===2008 - 2013: [https://www.cancervic.org.au/research/behavioural/major-topics-projects/tobacco/pre-testing-and-evaluation-of-mass-media-communications-in-low-and-middle-income-countries.html Pre-testing and evaluation of mass media communications in low and middle income countries]===
*Funding: Bloomberg Philanthropies via the World Lung Foundation


==Bangladesh==
==Bangladesh==
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===2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]===
===2020 Oct 15 - [https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2020-10-15_bloomberg-s-war-chest-probed.html?fbclid=IwAR2RorMwBRpCbZRSdnYyfZgnHHfzPn6ZiYFoXw3lp-ydCN1rRJDj0tv8xy0 Bloomberg’s War Chest Probed]===
*Association Vapers India (AVI) said: “These international NGOs directly fund government departments and state tobacco control programs, which shouldn't be allowed as receiving money directly from private entities creates massive conflict. “While India moves to tighten FCRA laws, these foreign NGOs and their local grantees have broken and continue to break laws - one of them, Burning Brain Society, is filing court cases with this money which violates FCRA norms. So entrenched is this cartel that when a government official questioned this foreign funding, he was promptly booted out and the bar on the errant NGO quickly lifted. Emboldened, these foreign NGOs are now proposing highly discriminatory policies like banning less harmful alternatives in developing nations but not in the West -- yes, in countries where harm prevention is vital as people have low access to healthcare.”
*Association Vapers India (AVI) said: “These international NGOs directly fund government departments and state tobacco control programs, which shouldn't be allowed as receiving money directly from private entities creates massive conflict. “While India moves to tighten FCRA laws, these foreign NGOs and their local grantees have broken and continue to break laws - one of them, Burning Brain Society, is filing court cases with this money which violates FCRA norms. So entrenched is this cartel that when a government official questioned this foreign funding, he was promptly booted out and the bar on the errant NGO quickly lifted. Emboldened, these foreign NGOs are now proposing highly discriminatory policies like banning less harmful alternatives in developing nations but not in the West -- yes, in countries where harm prevention is vital as people have low access to healthcare.”
===2017 Aug 31 - [https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bloomberg-charity-investigated-for-lobbying-against-tobacco-report-1744305 Note Marked 'Secret' Faulted Bloomberg Charity For Anti-Tobacco Lobbying]===
*India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to come under scrutiny.




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==LMIC's / "Philanthropic Colonialism" (General / Multiple Countries)==
==LMIC's / "Philanthropic Colonialism" (General / Multiple Countries)==
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===2021 Aug 21 - [https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/misinformation-hinders-tobacco-harm-reduction-lmic-countries-advocates-say-292030 Misinformation hinders tobacco harm reduction in LMIC countries, advocates say]===
*Health-policy experts representing countries such as India, Ukraine, Kenya, and Mexico spoke about the obstacles to the adoption of THR in LMICs
*Misinformation from international NGOs is one of the significant factors that prevent the adoption of tobacco harm reduction (THR) in the low and middle-income countries (LMIC), said harm reduction advocates.
===2021 Apr 9 - [https://cataniaconversation.coehar.org/2021/04/09/tobacco-harm-reduction-is-there-a-philanthropic-colonialism-towards-developing-countries/ Tobacco Harm Reduction: is there a “philanthropic colonialism” towards developing countries?]===
===2021 Apr 9 - [https://cataniaconversation.coehar.org/2021/04/09/tobacco-harm-reduction-is-there-a-philanthropic-colonialism-towards-developing-countries/ Tobacco Harm Reduction: is there a “philanthropic colonialism” towards developing countries?]===
*According to many international experts, the initiatives of billionaire Michael Bloomberg promote a distorted approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction and have political repercussions for all smoking reduction policies globally.
*According to many international experts, the initiatives of billionaire Michael Bloomberg promote a distorted approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction and have political repercussions for all smoking reduction policies globally.
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*The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Social Watch Philippines (SWP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to shift to high gear the two parties’ “aggressive” campaign for a smoke-free Philippines.
*The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Social Watch Philippines (SWP) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to shift to high gear the two parties’ “aggressive” campaign for a smoke-free Philippines.
*NOTE: Social Watch Philippines has received [https://tobaccocontrolgrants.org/What-we-fund?who_region=WPRO&country_id=15&date_type=&date_from=&date_to=&submit=Search Bloomberg funded tobacco control grants]
*NOTE: Social Watch Philippines has received [https://tobaccocontrolgrants.org/What-we-fund?who_region=WPRO&country_id=15&date_type=&date_from=&date_to=&submit=Search Bloomberg funded tobacco control grants]


===2021 Apr 28 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/04/28/legislators-lambaste-influential-foreign-ngos-for-ignoring-philippine-sovereignty/ Legislators lambaste influential foreign NGOs for ignoring Philippine sovereignty]===
===2021 Apr 28 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/04/28/legislators-lambaste-influential-foreign-ngos-for-ignoring-philippine-sovereignty/ Legislators lambaste influential foreign NGOs for ignoring Philippine sovereignty]===
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**2016: MMDA received US$160,000.
**2016: MMDA received US$160,000.
*“The FDA has conducted multiple researches and consultations with different groups, and these groups they consulted with are also funded by The Union and Bloomberg Initiative. There have been multiple instances wherein every time there is an anti-tobacco regulation that comes out of either the FDA or DOH, it coincides with grants coming from Bloomberg,” Nograles noted.
*“The FDA has conducted multiple researches and consultations with different groups, and these groups they consulted with are also funded by The Union and Bloomberg Initiative. There have been multiple instances wherein every time there is an anti-tobacco regulation that comes out of either the FDA or DOH, it coincides with grants coming from Bloomberg,” Nograles noted.


===2021 Apr 12 - [https://filtermag.org/bloomberg-nicotine-duterte-drug-war/ Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby Among US Backers of Duterte’s Drug War]===
===2021 Apr 12 - [https://filtermag.org/bloomberg-nicotine-duterte-drug-war/ Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby Among US Backers of Duterte’s Drug War]===
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*“It’s hard to believe that Bloomberg Philanthropies and its affiliated tobacco control organizations, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, didn’t realize that the grants being awarded to enforce tobacco bans in the Philippines (some with unsettlingly aggressive titles such as “Greater Teeth and Tools: Enforcing and Implementing the Tobacco Regulation Act”) could be used to add a further crackdown to the extrajudicial arrests, incarcerations and killings already taking place.”
*“It’s hard to believe that Bloomberg Philanthropies and its affiliated tobacco control organizations, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, didn’t realize that the grants being awarded to enforce tobacco bans in the Philippines (some with unsettlingly aggressive titles such as “Greater Teeth and Tools: Enforcing and Implementing the Tobacco Regulation Act”) could be used to add a further crackdown to the extrajudicial arrests, incarcerations and killings already taking place.”
*“But the truth is, Bloomberg and affiliates were quite aware of what they were doing. This was revealed in October 2020, during public talks hosted by the Philippine FDA (P-FDA) on the topic of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Filipino citizens and stakeholders in attendance voiced concern that the P-FDA authorities charged with making decisions about nicotine policies had been awarded grants by the Bloomberg Initiative and <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>”
*“But the truth is, Bloomberg and affiliates were quite aware of what they were doing. This was revealed in October 2020, during public talks hosted by the Philippine FDA (P-FDA) on the topic of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Filipino citizens and stakeholders in attendance voiced concern that the P-FDA authorities charged with making decisions about nicotine policies had been awarded grants by the Bloomberg Initiative and <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>”


===2020 May 31 - [https://www.facebook.com/PLCPD1989/photos/a.389540504447012/3110278225706546/ World No Tobacco Day]===
===2020 May 31 - [https://www.facebook.com/PLCPD1989/photos/a.389540504447012/3110278225706546/ World No Tobacco Day]===
*Join us as we celebrate World No Tobacco Day through an online concert brought to you by Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development, Child Rights Network (CRN) Philippines, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with Action for Economic Reforms, HealthJustice Philippines, Health Rights Watch, and Social Watch Philippines
*Join us as we celebrate World No Tobacco Day through an online concert brought to you by Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development, Child Rights Network (CRN) Philippines, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with Action for Economic Reforms, HealthJustice Philippines, Health Rights Watch, and Social Watch Philippines


===2017 June 28 - [https://www.bloomberg.org/blog/public-health-team-qa-recent-wins-tobacco-control-globally-us/ Public Health Team Q&A: Recent wins in tobacco control globally and in the US]===
===2017 June 28 - [https://www.bloomberg.org/blog/public-health-team-qa-recent-wins-tobacco-control-globally-us/ Public Health Team Q&A: Recent wins in tobacco control globally and in the US]===
*Currently, the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use (BI) focuses on 10 priority countries (India, China, Brazil, Mexico, Viet Nam, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Ukraine) and it supports the implementation of the WHO MPOWER policies – a set of evidence based policies such as smoke-free public places and advertising bans. Other areas of work include, holding the tobacco industry accountable, using global communications efforts to keep tobacco control on the global public health agenda, and further deepening support for tobacco taxes.
*Currently, the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use (BI) focuses on 10 priority countries (India, China, Brazil, Mexico, Viet Nam, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Ukraine) and it supports the implementation of the WHO MPOWER policies – a set of evidence based policies such as smoke-free public places and advertising bans. Other areas of work include, holding the tobacco industry accountable, using global communications efforts to keep tobacco control on the global public health agenda, and further deepening support for tobacco taxes.


===2012 Mar 23 - [https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]===
===2012 Mar 23 - [https://www.rappler.com/nation/why-mike-bloomberg-loves-this-pinoy-group?fbclid=IwAR0lmXSB471iy_QIaXg1znPjsBEw3gkDpXvR0DWKyTEkCj8mXIQatX6JObo Why Mike Bloomberg loves this Pinoy group]===
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*The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use is the world's largest coordinated effort to reduce harm caused by tobacco globally. The MMDA smoking ban program is, in fact, a recipient of a P9.5-M grant from the Bloomberg Initiative.  
*The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use is the world's largest coordinated effort to reduce harm caused by tobacco globally. The MMDA smoking ban program is, in fact, a recipient of a P9.5-M grant from the Bloomberg Initiative.  
*Bloomberg, since he became mayor of New York in 2002, has implemented strict tobacco control laws. In 2007, he launched the Bloomberg Initiative, as part of the Bloomberg Philanthrophies, and has since supported tobacco control work in '''38 countries'''.
*Bloomberg, since he became mayor of New York in 2002, has implemented strict tobacco control laws. In 2007, he launched the Bloomberg Initiative, as part of the Bloomberg Philanthrophies, and has since supported tobacco control work in '''38 countries'''.


===FDA Scandal (Philippine)===
===FDA Scandal (Philippine)===
*2021 Jun 22 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/06/22/filipino-lawmakers-flag-violations-on-fdas-receipt-of-money-from-foreign-ngo/ Filipino lawmakers flag violations on FDA’s receipt of money from foreign NGO]
**“It was so obvious that the donation was made to influence the FDA that was tantamount to bribery. We could not be puppets of institutions that are not even Filipinos. This is not only a violation of the laws that we have, it is a violation of our Constitution,” Garin said.
*2021 Jun 9 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/09/fda-hit-for-getting-funds-from-anti-smoking-advocates-discriminatory-policies-vs-tobacco-industry/ FDA hit for getting funds from anti-smoking advocates; 'discriminatory' policies vs tobacco industry]
*2021 Jun 9 - [https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/09/fda-hit-for-getting-funds-from-anti-smoking-advocates-discriminatory-policies-vs-tobacco-industry/ FDA hit for getting funds from anti-smoking advocates; 'discriminatory' policies vs tobacco industry]
*2021 May 6 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1427947/consumers-express-alarm-over-foreign-charities-attempts-to-defy-ph-sovereignty Consumers express alarm over foreign charities’ attempts to defy PH sovereignty]
*2021 May 6 - [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1427947/consumers-express-alarm-over-foreign-charities-attempts-to-defy-ph-sovereignty Consumers express alarm over foreign charities’ attempts to defy PH sovereignty]
*2021 May 6 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/05/06/filipino-consumers-denounce-foreign-charities-violation-of-countrys-sovereignty/ Filipino consumers denounce foreign charities’ violation of country’s sovereignty]
*2021 May 6 - [https://www.24shareupdates.com/2021/05/06/filipino-consumers-denounce-foreign-charities-violation-of-countrys-sovereignty/ Filipino consumers denounce foreign charities’ violation of country’s sovereignty]
*2021 Apr 21 - [https://manilastandard.net/business/biz-plus/352460/groups-ask-doh-fda-to-stop-soliciting-bloomberg-money.html Groups ask DOH, FDA to stop soliciting Bloomberg money]===
*2021 Apr 21 - [https://manilastandard.net/business/biz-plus/352460/groups-ask-doh-fda-to-stop-soliciting-bloomberg-money.html Groups ask DOH, FDA to stop soliciting Bloomberg money]
**“The FDA, an attached agency of the DOH which was tasked to prepare the implementing guidelines for the regulation of vapor products and HTPs, should have not approached and collected money from <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and Bloomberg Philanthropies in the first place, because these organizations were known for advancing their own anti-vaping agenda globally,”  
**“The FDA, an attached agency of the DOH which was tasked to prepare the implementing guidelines for the regulation of vapor products and HTPs, should have not approached and collected money from <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> and Bloomberg Philanthropies in the first place, because these organizations were known for advancing their own anti-vaping agenda globally,”  
**"The FDA should prove its independence by drafting regulations that are fair to smokers, vapers and consumers. We hope that the FDA will recognize our rights as consumers of safer and innovative products.”
**"The FDA should prove its independence by drafting regulations that are fair to smokers, vapers and consumers. We hope that the FDA will recognize our rights as consumers of safer and innovative products.”
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**The reason the DOH cited for holding on to the donated respirators is the Joint DOH- Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular 2010-01 signed by then CSC chair now DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III prohibiting government interaction with the tobacco industry which includes receipt of donations.
**The reason the DOH cited for holding on to the donated respirators is the Joint DOH- Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular 2010-01 signed by then CSC chair now DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III prohibiting government interaction with the tobacco industry which includes receipt of donations.
**The discovery of the rotting respirators surfaced during the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Good Government on reports that the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration received money from anti-tobacco, foreign interest groups led by the Bloomberg Initiative. “It is sad that the DOH prioritized the advocacy of foreigners at the expense of the lives of Filipino people,” Nograles said.  
**The discovery of the rotting respirators surfaced during the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Good Government on reports that the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration received money from anti-tobacco, foreign interest groups led by the Bloomberg Initiative. “It is sad that the DOH prioritized the advocacy of foreigners at the expense of the lives of Filipino people,” Nograles said.  


===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippines)===
===Vaccine Scandal - Unintended Consequences (Philippines)===
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===[https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011821/https://tobaccocontrolgrants.org/What-we-fund?who_region=SEARO Note: Go back to this page. Scroll down to this country]===
===[https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011821/https://tobaccocontrolgrants.org/What-we-fund?who_region=SEARO Note: Go back to this page. Scroll down to this country]===


===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==
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==Multiple Nations==
===[https://www.24shareupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Clarisse-Virgino-Research-with-IRS-returns-98.pdf Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines ]===
===2013 Dec 15 - [https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/bitstream/handle/10625/52431/IDL-52431.pdf FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF TOBACCO CONTROL MEASURES: POTENTIAL OF INNOVATIVE FINANCING]===
*Several references to Bloomberg, Gates, etc.
===2008 [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/global/pdfs/en/GSP-GlobalMap-SmokeFreePolicies.pdf Global Smoke Free Partnership]===
*Many of the countries that have received Bloomberg Initiative funding are listed here, even if the legislation is currently quite weak. It implies that momentum for comprehensive legislation is building
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==[https://www.cancer.org/ American Cancer Society] (ACS) / [https://www.fightcancer.org/ American Cancer Society Action Network] (ACSCAN)==
==[https://www.cancer.org/ American Cancer Society] (ACS) / [https://www.fightcancer.org/ American Cancer Society Action Network] (ACSCAN)==
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==[https://www.bloomberg.org/public-health/reducing-tobacco-use/anti-tobacco-trade-litigation-fund/ Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund]==
==[https://www.bloomberg.org/public-health/reducing-tobacco-use/anti-tobacco-trade-litigation-fund/ Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund]==


===2017 - <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">('''CTFK''')</span>: [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/trade EXCLUDE TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM TRADE AGREEMENTS]===
*In March 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund, a joint venture managed by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. This initiative provides financial and technical legal support to low- and middle-income countries that are facing claims, or threats of claims, against their tobacco control laws by the tobacco industry under international trade and investment agreements.


===2015: [https://www.bloomberg.org/press/bloomberg-philanthropies-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-launch-anti-tobacco-trade-litigation-fund/ Bloomberg Philanthropies & The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launch Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund]===


==[http://www.burningbrain.org/ Burning Brain Society] (India)==
==[http://www.burningbrain.org/ Burning Brain Society] (India)==
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===[https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/global/legal/what-we-do The International Legal Consortium (ILC)]===
===[https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/global/legal/what-we-do The International Legal Consortium (ILC)]===
*The International Legal Consortium (ILC) is a team of lawyers who provide technical assistance on tobacco control legislation and litigation to governments and civil society organizations around the world to promote strong, evidence-based tobacco control policies founded on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
*The International Legal Consortium (ILC) is a team of lawyers who provide technical assistance on tobacco control legislation and litigation to governments and civil society organizations around the world to promote strong, evidence-based tobacco control policies founded on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
===2021 Jun 23: [https://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2021/06/matt-myers-in-2003-and-today.html?fbclid=IwAR0JX9Onn_RiJ_ltg6BkzHJSCixlSWizHYchiBMp7urojHho_5LHthrOb5M Matt Myers in 2003 and Today: A Pertinacious Tobacco Prohibitionist]===
*Myers is a tobacco prohibitionist.  He gave lip service to THR in 2003, feigning support for THR contingent upon FDA regulation, as he expected to make it nearly impossible for manufacturers to convince the FDA that they had safer smoke-free products.  When companies twice succeeded, he reneged on his Congressional testimony and trashed the FDA.




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*Did a [https://www.taxjustice.net/reports/ashes-to-ashes-how-british-american-tobacco-avoids-taxes-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/ report] with them in 2019
*Did a [https://www.taxjustice.net/reports/ashes-to-ashes-how-british-american-tobacco-avoids-taxes-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/ report] with them in 2019


===2017 - CTFK: [https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/trade EXCLUDE TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM TRADE AGREEMENTS]===
*In March 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund, a joint venture managed by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. This initiative provides financial and technical legal support to low- and middle-income countries that are facing claims, or threats of claims, against their tobacco control laws by the tobacco industry under international trade and investment agreements.


===[https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/global/bloomberg Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use]===
===[https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/global/bloomberg Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use]===
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==[https://exposetobacco.org/about/ <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 229, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">STOP</span>]==
==[https://exposetobacco.org/about/ <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 229, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">STOP</span>]==
*STOP is a partnership between the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Vital Strategies <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">(The Union)</span>, with US $20 million in funding to launch the partnership from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
*STOP is a partnership between the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Vital Strategies <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">(The Union)</span>, with US $20 million in funding to launch the partnership from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
===2019: [https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Crooked-9-STOP.pdf Crooked Nine]===
===2018: [https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/major-funding-announcement-puts-bath-tcrg-at-centre-of-new-20-million-global-industry-watchdog/ Major funding announcement puts Bath TCRG at centre of new $20 million global industry watchdog]===
*Keywords: Bloomberg, STOP, Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), TobaccoTactics (website), Professor Anna Gilmore, Professor Jonathan Knight


==[https://theunion.org/ <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)]==
==[https://theunion.org/ <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)]==
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*[https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/major-funding-announcement-puts-bath-tcrg-at-centre-of-new-20-million-global-industry-watchdog/ Major funding announcement puts Bath TCRG at centre of new $20 million global industry watchdog]
*[https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/major-funding-announcement-puts-bath-tcrg-at-centre-of-new-20-million-global-industry-watchdog/ Major funding announcement puts Bath TCRG at centre of new $20 million global industry watchdog]
**With significant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, our Tobacco Control Research Group will spearhead a brand new global tobacco industry watchdog.
**With significant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, our Tobacco Control Research Group will spearhead a brand new global tobacco industry watchdog.
===2021 [https://www.uicc.org/blog/addressing-industry-profits-part-tobacco-control Dr Rob Branston]===
*Dr Rob Branston is Associate Professor in Business Economics in the School of Management and part of the Tobacco Control Research Group, at the University of Bath(link is external) in the UK. His primary research interests surround the governance and regulation of organisations, with a particular focus on the regulation and taxation of the global tobacco industry. Disclaimer: Dr Branston is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products. The funder had no role in the preparation of or decision to publish this editorial.


===2019 Dec 17: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEmrH6kiszY0WOhvN73Q-xoD1Vb6Y0Vd/view Supplementary Terms and Conditions of Contract]===
===2019 Dec 17: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEmrH6kiszY0WOhvN73Q-xoD1Vb6Y0Vd/view Supplementary Terms and Conditions of Contract]===
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==[https://tobacconomics.org/ University of Illinois at Chicago]==
==[https://tobacconomics.org/ University of Illinois at Chicago]==
*Tobacconomics is directed by Frank Chaloupka, PhD, and administered by the Institute for Health Research and Policy of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
*Tobacconomics is directed by Frank Chaloupka, PhD, and administered by the Institute for Health Research and Policy of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
 
*[https://tobacconomics.org/files/research/636/uic-tobacco-scorecard-report-eng-v7.1.pdf University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)] ) is a partner of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
 


==[https://www.vitalstrategies.org/ Vital Strategies]==
==[https://www.vitalstrategies.org/ Vital Strategies]==
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='''Questions about Bloomberg's Tobacco Control Efforts'''=
='''Questions about Bloomberg's Tobacco Control Efforts'''=
==2021 Jul 25: [https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/25/uk-report-slams-bloomberg-for-undermining-rights-of-consumers-in-lmics/ UK report slams Bloomberg for undermining rights of consumers in LMICs]==
*A report issued by a parliamentary group in the United Kingdom criticized anti-vaping groups funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies for being hostile to tobacco harm reduction (THR) and for diminishing the rights of consumers and vapers in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as the Philippines.
*The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vaping Inquiry (APPG) said these anti-vaping “civil society observers” were allowed to participate in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties 9 (FCTC COP 9) in November this year, concluding that the WHO continues to attempt to discredit UK’s science and policy approach to address the smoking problem.  It said THR is a public health approach which is supposedly one of the original commitments of FCTC.




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='''Environment'''=
='''Environment'''=


='''Attorney General Offices'''=
*Left off here on research https://climatelitigationwatch.org/page/2/?s=Bloomberg
==AG Background - Start Here==
==='''2018 Aug 28 - [https://cei.org/studies/law-enforcement-for-rent/ Law Enforcement for Rent]''' (thorough report)===
*Author’s Note: This paper is based on documents obtained over two and a half years from open records requests and, in some cases, subsequent litigation. Due to the volume of records, not all cited records are included in the body of this paper. Key documents are provided in the paper’s appendix, which can be accessed at CEI.org. The complete collection of documents cited in this paper is available at ClimateLitigationWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit public interest law firm Government Accountability & Oversight.
==='''[https://climatelitigationwatch.org/attorney-general-paper/ Extensive collection of documents - compliments above article]'''===
<br>
==AG General / Multiple States==


===2021 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers]===
===2021 Apr 25 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/ Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers]===
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*And despite Bloomberg’s preening about the nobility of his efforts, the AG placement scheme never fully passed the smell test. The Wall Street Journal dubbed it “state AGs for rent.” The Oregon legislature’s top lawyer rule that its state AG’s acceptance of a Bloomberg-funded lawyer was not compliant with state laws and regulations. Even New York had to label Eisenson “a volunteer” to dodge questions and concerns using a privately paid staffer to shape and execute state legal policy.
*And despite Bloomberg’s preening about the nobility of his efforts, the AG placement scheme never fully passed the smell test. The Wall Street Journal dubbed it “state AGs for rent.” The Oregon legislature’s top lawyer rule that its state AG’s acceptance of a Bloomberg-funded lawyer was not compliant with state laws and regulations. Even New York had to label Eisenson “a volunteer” to dodge questions and concerns using a privately paid staffer to shape and execute state legal policy.


===2020 Feb 18 - [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-network-climate-lawyers-ag Bloomberg’s ‘mercenaries’: Billionaire Dem funding network of climate lawyers inside state AG offices]===
*The arrangement, which currently pays the salaries of Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGs) in 10 Democratic AG offices, is drawing new scrutiny now that Bloomberg is running for president. The New York University School of Law's State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, which was started in 2017 with $5.6 million from Bloomberg's nonprofit, hires mid-career lawyers as "research fellows" before providing them to state AGs where they assist in pursuing "progressive" policy goals through the courts.
===2020 Feb 16 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-privately-funds-attorneys-in-state-ag-offices-while-running-for-president/ Bloomberg Privately Funds Attorneys in State AG Offices While Running for President]===
*Michael Bloomberg’s billions aren’t just buying ads. In at least two Super Tuesday states, his money funds private lawyers working inside attorneys general offices, advancing his political agenda on the environment.
*Massachusetts and Minnesota, whose Democratic voters will go to the polls on Super Tuesday, are among at least 10 states where activist attorneys are working for the state AGs offices but are paid through the Impact Center. Their mission is to promote state legal action to advance Bloomberg’s political views, such as lawsuits against energy companies.
===2020 Jan 04 - [https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/04/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump/ Republican AGs Say Bloomberg Is Secretly Embedding An Army Of Anti-Trump Attorneys Inside State Offices]===
*“What’s problematic is the arrangement through which a private organization or individual can promote an overtly political agenda by paying the salaries of government employees,” Indiana Attorney General (AG) Curtis Hill, a Republican, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, citing a common criticism of New York University’s State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (SEEIC).
===2018 Nov 06 - [https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-ags-for-rent-1541549567 State AGs for Rent]===
*Subscription site
===2018 Oct 10 - [https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/10/09/bloomberg_funds_green_work_of_democrat_state_attorneys_offices.html How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Governments]===
*Although many government agencies have employees funded by outside sources, critics say using special interest money for targeted government action is inappropriate. Christopher Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who wrote a report on the NYU center, said the fellowships come with specific strings attached. “[AG] offices must agree to use prosecutors to ‘advance progressive clean energy, climate change, and environmental legal positions,’” Horner said.
*Personally and through his political groups, Bloomberg has also donated millions of dollars to Democratic attorneys general campaigns in this midterm election cycle. For Democratic campaigns in general, he has announced plans to spend $80 million this year.
<br>
==AG Minnesota==
===2022 Apr 04 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/minnesota-ag-race-becomes-interesting-thanks-to-participation-in-bloomberg-saags-scheme/ Minnesota AG Race Becomes Interesting Thanks to Participation in Bloomberg “SAAGs” Scheme]===
*Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, a bit less popular now in that rather chaotic state than four years ago, has three Republicans vying for their party’s nomination to take him on. Apparently all of them are committed, if elected, to firing the “Special Assistant Attorneys General” provided Ellison by billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg
*Lots of links in this article to investigate!
===2022 Feb 25 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/bloomberg-saag-withdraws-from-ellison-climate-case-she-filed/ Bloomberg “SAAG” Withdraws from Ellison “Climate” Case She Filed]===
*That SAAG is Leigh Currie (the remaining SAAG is Peter Surdo, who boasted on his LinkedIn site he had been “embedded” in Ellison’s Office). That suit is the one that we now know was orchestrated by the Rockefeller Family Fund using local cutout greens — and a UMinn academic who rather incredibly put a memo pushing the suit, ghost co-written by “the lawyers advising Rockefeller family fund,” on University stationery — and which was held until the Bloomberg group provided the Office with the lawyers who, yes, did in fact file the suit.
===2022 Feb 10 - [https://eidclimate.org/minnesota-considers-legislation-to-block-attorney-general-from-accepting-bloomberg-attorneys/ MINNESOTA CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO BLOCK ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM ACCEPTING BLOOMBERG ATTORNEYS]===
*As EID Climate has noted before, Attorney General Keith Ellison currently employees two Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGs) who are not Minnesota state government employees, but rather have been placed in the Ellison’s office by the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at the NYU Law School, which also pays their salaries. The center was started in 2017 thanks to a $5.6 million grant from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the arrangement has drawn intense criticism for allowing privately-funded organizations to gain a foothold in taxpayer-funded state government offices to carry out particular agenda.
===2021 Nov 11 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/amicus-brief-mn-ag-ellisons-troubling-position-to-keep-bloomberg-related-records-secret/ Amicus Brief: MN AG Ellison’s “Troubling Position” to Keep Bloomberg-Related Records Secret]===
*Non-profit transparency groups Public Records Media and the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information held a press conference Wednesday to announce they filed an amicus brief with the Minnesota State Supreme Court in Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, a Government Data Practices Act (open records) case over emails pertaining to Ellison’s involvement in the climate litigation industry.
*That case addresses Ellison’s move to expand Minnesota law, claiming a sweeping version of “common interest” exemption to the waiver of privilege, in order to keep from the public his Office’s correspondence pertaining to multi-state progressive AG efforts to impose the climate agenda through the courts, to bring on privately hired, Michael Bloomberg financed attorneys to assist with that campaign, and to work with other third parties toward the same end.
===2021 Jun 21 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/mn-oag-used-bloomberg-provided-attorney-in-coordinating-with-outside-activists-to-tout-climate-suit/ MN OAG Used Bloomberg-provided Attorney in Coordinating with Outside-Activists to Tout Climate Suit]===
*From records produced by the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General, Leigh Currie — an outside activist and one of two lawyers provided by a Michael Bloomberg group to file a lawsuit against energy companies — was also tasked with helping the Office’s “outreach” and media folks prep surrogates to promote the filing of that suit.
===2021 May 18 - '''[https://climatelitigationwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GAO-EPA-CCI-RFF-Climate-Paper.pdf Private Funders, Public Institutions: ‘Climate’ Litigation and a Crisis of Integrity (Report)]'''===
*Extensive Report
===2021 Jan 07 - [https://www.startribune.com/agenda-dollars-are-buying-state-government-jobs/600015808/ Agenda dollars are buying state government jobs]===
*Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appealed to Bloomberg's priorities in his application to NYU, even hinting at investigating energy companies if he was given some privately paid for hired help. Minnesota's AG office landed not one but two of these full-time Bloomberg staffers. They are paid by NYU not the state of Minnesota. According to a Fox News report, NYU files "biweekly reports on its activities" with Bloomberg Philanthropies.
*Bloomberg must be pleased with his Minnesota investment. According to a June 24, 2020, Star Tribune article, his two lawyers filed a lawsuit against several oil companies and refiners hoping to replicate Minnesota's first-in-the-nation tobacco litigation that made a Minnesota law firm's partners into mega-millionaires.
===2020 Feb 16 - [https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-privately-funds-attorneys-in-state-ag-offices-while-running-for-president/ Bloomberg Privately Funds Attorneys in State AG Offices While Running for President]===
*Michael Bloomberg’s billions aren’t just buying ads. In at least two Super Tuesday states, his money funds private lawyers working inside attorneys general offices, advancing his political agenda on the environment.
*Massachusetts and Minnesota, whose Democratic voters will go to the polls on Super Tuesday, are among at least 10 states where activist attorneys are working for the state AGs offices but are paid through the Impact Center. Their mission is to promote state legal action to advance Bloomberg’s political views, such as lawsuits against energy companies.
<br>
==AG Oregon==
===2020 Dec 16 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/new-records-suit-re-climate-litigation-industry-oregon-ag-sued-for-improperly-hiding-calendar-entries-for-bloomberg-provided-special-assistant-attorney-general/ New Records Suit re Climate Litigation Industry: Oregon AG Sued for Improperly Hiding Calendar Entries for Bloomberg-provided “Special Assistant Attorney General”]===
*The public interest law firm Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. (GAO) has filed suit under Oregon’s Public Records Law against Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and the State Department of Justice (DoJ), on behalf of the nonprofit transparency group Energy Policy Advocates, seeking to compel release of scores of hidden calendar entries of “Special Assistant Attorney General” (or SAAG) Steve Novick.
*Mr. Novick was hired and provided to DoJ as a “SAAG” by a group created by billionaire, major Democratic party donor and climate activist Michael Bloomberg to support AGs to pursue a political agenda — “advancing progressive clean energy, climate change, and environmental legal positions”.
*These heavily redacted records are records of a precise class that the Department of Justice has previously released with few redactions. Indeed, cross-referencing the Department of Justice’s release of, e.g., Mr. Novick’s colleague Paul Garrahan’s calendar plainly documents the improper withholding and secrecy with which the Department of Justice treats this privately hired attorney’s calendar, both generally and regarding specific withholdings
<br>
==AG Virginia==
===2022 Apr 20 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/climate-foia-public-prevails-court-orders-virginia-ag-office-to-comply-with-the-law-re-bloomberg-docs/ Climate FOIA: Public Prevails, Court Orders Virginia AG Office to Comply With the Law Re Bloomberg Docs]===
*Long dragged-out case, filed in 2018, takes major step toward educating further on Bloomberg “SAAGs” scheme, and aborted (by phone) Virginia AG participation
*Virginia citizen Christopher Horner and the free-market public policy group Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed yet again yesterday in their lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.


===2021 Jan 21 - [https://climatelitigationwatch.org/court-again-orders-virginia-ag-to-answer-foia-suit-seeking-bloomberg-related-records/ Court (Again) Orders Virginia AG to Answer FOIA Suit Seeking Bloomberg-related Records]===
*At a hearing in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday — the third hearing in a (so far) two-and-a-quarter year saga to obtain records that previously did not exist but now magically do — the Office of the Virginia Attorney General was ordered to file an answer in a November 2018 VFOIA lawsuit by Government Accountability & Oversight board member Chris Horner and the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
*That suit requested records related to AG Mark Herring’s rather fevered, successful — and then suddenly dropped — pursuit of Michael Bloomberg-funded “Special Assistant Attorneys General” “to advance the agenda represented by” Bloomberg’s climate group.
<br>


='''Food/Beverages'''=
='''Food/Beverages'''=
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===2019 Nov 14 - [https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloombergs-comments-about-women-and-rape-will-haunt-him-2019-11?fbclid=IwAR3T3VkVbRXS5b37nU-IxFnRbG2tyDUwMukiuC7-wdFyfEAzFcWsHuW16gk Michael Bloomberg's past comments about women and rape will likely haunt him on the 2020 campaign trail]===
===2019 Nov 14 - [https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloombergs-comments-about-women-and-rape-will-haunt-him-2019-11?fbclid=IwAR3T3VkVbRXS5b37nU-IxFnRbG2tyDUwMukiuC7-wdFyfEAzFcWsHuW16gk Michael Bloomberg's past comments about women and rape will likely haunt him on the 2020 campaign trail]===


='''Other'''=
===[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php?title=Michael_Bloomberg&action=edit&section=193 Vietnam Vet Vendor Still Sleeping In Hot Dog Cart After Mayor Bloomberg Breaks Promise]===




='''Suggestions to add to this page'''=
='''Suggestions to add to this page'''=
=== [https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-40/v1 Balancing science and political economy: Tobacco control and global health]===
===2022: [https://medium.com/the-great-vape-debate/the-unchecked-power-of-philanthropy-e71e426b91b8 The unchecked power of philanthropy]===
===[https://intpolicydigest.org/bloomberg-s-anti-vaping-policies-are-exploitative-and-wrong/ Bloomberg’s Anti-Vaping Policies are Exploitative and Wrong]===
===[https://medium.com/@INNCO.org/the-who-tells-us-dont-say-safer-anymore-27c9c00dcf65 The WHO tells us: Don’t say “safer” anymore!]===




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