Bloomberg’s misguided push to outlaw vaping in developing nations

[LoveVanilla]

A good read from the Brussels-Times, Bloomberg’s misguided push to outlaw vaping in developing nations

... a significant part of Bloomberg’s philanthropic fortune has ended up going to global efforts to clamp down on novel vaping products, which do not contain tobacco, and have been proven to be instrumental in getting smokers to quit.

... just this past week, it was revealed that a staff lawyer for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, one of the largest global tobacco control groups funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, drafted the law to severely restrict imports and sales of vaping devices. It is alleged that Carmen Medel, president of the health committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, contracted the charity to “advise” on the law, but ended up submitting a draft bill that still contained the name of the NGO lawyer who wrote the law.

... groups that receive that money for tobacco control have made the deadly mistake of equating the cigarette to the real alternative of the vaping device. And that will be to the detriment of global health on a massive scale.

 

[thanswr1]

Bloomberg is another " nanny stater" who thinks his money gives him the right and the wisdom to tell everyone else what to do. Mikie knows best.

He's also the classic case of too much money and too much time on one's hands.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Guessing that means you know him personally and have insight to his exact thoughts and how much time he has on his hands.

I don't know him, nor how he thinks or how much time he has on his hands.

Frankly I don't care what he, or anyone else, does with their time or money. It ain't none of anyone's dang business.

 

[Rossum]

I don't care what he, or anyone else, does with their time or money. It ain't none of anyone's dang business.

It becomes our business when he starts using his money and influence to interfere with how peaceable people choose to live their lives, something he became quite (in)famous for during he tenure as mayor of NYC.

 

[poconojo]

Bloomberg is a piece of Sh......it