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Gates Joins Bloomberg's Anti-Tobacco Initiative

by Brenda Wilson, NPR
July 24, 2008

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has joined forces with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fight tobacco use in developing countries. Gates donated $125 million to a tobacco-control initiative that Bloomberg launched in 2002.

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  • Morning Edition, July 24, 2008
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