Billionaires Bill Gates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would pool their resources and dedicate $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.
That’s the way to do it! Put your money where your mouth is!
The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco will kill up to a billion people in the 21st century, 10 times as many as it killed in the 20th.
This time, most are expected to be in poor countries like Bangladesh and middle-income countries like Russia.
In an effort to cut that number, the mayor’s foundation plans to commit $250 million over four years on top of a $125 million gift he announced two years ago.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is allocating $125 million over five years.
Smoking is just all-around bad. And, keep in mind you vain Perezcious ones, smoking=wrinkles.
Yuck, yuck!
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