Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

=== Tobacco, gun control and public health ===
[[File:Michael Bloomberg (48603887536).jpg|thumb|Bloomberg speaking at an Everytown for Gun Safety event in August 2019]]

Bloomberg has been a longtime donor to global [[tobacco control]] efforts.<ref name=Begley>{{cite news |first=Sharon|last=Begley |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tobacco-bloomberg-idUSBRE82L08E20120322 |title=Bloomberg charity adds $220 million to anti-smoking effort|work=Reuters |date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2020 }}</ref><ref name=ChaTobacco>{{cite web |author=Ariana Eunjung Cha |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/12/05/michael-bloomberg-may-be-big-tobaccos-biggest-enemy/ |title=Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco's biggest enemy |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 5, 2016 |access-date=December 6, 2016}}</ref> Bloomberg has donated close to $1&nbsp;billion to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) to promote anti-smoking efforts, including $125&nbsp;million in 2006, $250&nbsp;million in 2008, and $360&nbsp;million, making Bloomberg Philanthropies the [[developing world]]'s biggest funder of tobacco-control initiatives.<ref name=ChaTobacco /> In 2013, it was reported that Bloomberg had donated $109.24&nbsp;million in 556 grants and 61 countries to campaigns against tobacco.<ref name="FMB">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-bloomberg|title=Michael Bloomberg|date=September 2016|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> Bloomberg's contributions are aimed at "getting countries to monitor tobacco use, introduce strong tobacco-control laws, and create mass media campaigns to educate the public about the [[dangers of tobacco use]]."<ref name=ChaTobacco /> Bloomberg Philanthropies and the [[Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids]] jointly launched a $160 million, three-year campaign against youth [[Usage of electronic cigarettes|use of electronic cigarettes]] (vaping).<ref>Marc Gunther, [https://www.philanthropy.com/article/bloombergs-millions-funded-an-effective-campaign-against-vaping-could-it-do-more-harm-than-good Bloomberg's Millions Funded an Effective Campaign Against Vaping. Could It Do More Harm Than Good?], ''Journal of Philanthropy'' (March 23, 2021).</ref>

Bloomberg is the co-founder of [[Everytown for Gun Safety]] (formerly Mayors Against Illegal Guns), a [[gun control]] advocacy group.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Scherer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-bloombergs-gun-safety-group-announces-60-million-spending-plan-for-2020-elections/2020/01/27/fcedb218-412c-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 27, 2020|title=Gun-control group co-founded by Bloomberg announces $60 million spending plan for 2020 elections}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[World Health Organization]] appointed Bloomberg as its Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases.<ref>{{cite press release |date=August 17, 2016 |url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/detail/17-08-2016-michael-r-bloomberg-becomes-who-global-ambassador-for-noncommunicable-diseases |first=Christian |last=Lindmeier |title=Michael R. Bloomberg Becomes WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases |website=World Health Organization |language=en-GB |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Michael-Bloomberg-Joins-UN/237496 |title=Michael Bloomberg Joins U.N. Agency as Health Ambassador |date=August 18, 2016|work=Chronicle of Philanthropy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-who-bloomberg-idUSKCN10S22T |title=WHO appoints former NY mayor Bloomberg as global health ambassador |access-date=February 20, 2020 |first=Kate |last=Kelland |date=August 17, 2016 |work=[[Reuters]] }}</ref>