Mayor Bloomberg using own money in anti-smoking campaign
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the five groups that will use $125 million of his money for a worldwide campaign against smoking. The organizations include: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the World Health Organization, and the World Lung Foundation. Bloomberg, a prominent anti-tobacco crusader, claimed that tobacco control and prevention is a cause often overlooked in philanthropy. Click here to read a press release and here for the statement issued by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Voters approve amendment to hike anti-tobacco spending
In Florida, an amendment requiring the state to spend more of its tobacco settlement money on anti-smoking programs passed by a wide margin. The amendment requires legislators to spend at lead 15 percent, about $58 million, on anti-smoking programs. The decision comes after a four year history of budgeting less than $6 million a year for the State’s once highly funded and successful campaign against teen smoking. For more information, click here.

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