David, i follow your Substack and find it very informative. However, I notice that you mostly focus o energy issues and are omitting Bloomberg Philanthropy, which bears too much influence on all issues related to tobacco harm reduction products (vapes, heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches). Bloomberg basically controls WHO policies on these products, operating through a global network of NGOs (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids) that influence their regulation globally, specially in lower and middle income countries. Bloomberg's legislators (Durbin, Rashnamoory) are behind FDA's completely dysfunctional regulation of vapes in the US. Bloomberg is causing massive public health damage by denying or heavily restricting access to millions of smokers to much safer nicotine consumption products, ignoring scientific evidence showing these products to be much safer than cigarettes. Bloomberg operates very opaquely through "dark money". I think he merits a series posts exposing his lack of transparency and accountability. I will write about this in my new Substack https://robertosussman.substack.com/publish/posts
Thank you Roberto for your comment, and I agree. A full analysis of Bloomberg is due - we have touched on him in how he funds media and set up the Examination - I think our complaining of non-transparency forced the group to acknowledge his seed capital. Also his work behind Beyond Plastics, the WHO CDoH campaign and on vaping (particularly around U of Bath, but not one article on him personally. I see him as a tragic MacBeth-type character - failed to ban soda while mayor, failed in his presidential bid - he so desires statesmanship that he had to buy a seat at the table via the UN. In this Firebreak series, as Bloomberg is a lone wolf, he would want his name on a project and not via a fiscal sponsor.
Looking forward to your research - could we consider amplifying it?
Hi David. Thanks for your encouragement and support. I place links to my research at the end of message. The Tobacco Tactics website functions as a crude inquisition to libel scientists with ad hominem accusation of being industry fronts. You are black listed just for interacting with industry scientists or participating in events they identify (ad hominem) with industry. Bloomberg's funds channeled through a vast corporation of NGOs is shielding from public scrutiny a tobacco control technocracy (in the WHO and in many public health institution) whose opposition to safer nicotine delivery is harmful to global health.
David, i follow your Substack and find it very informative. However, I notice that you mostly focus o energy issues and are omitting Bloomberg Philanthropy, which bears too much influence on all issues related to tobacco harm reduction products (vapes, heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches). Bloomberg basically controls WHO policies on these products, operating through a global network of NGOs (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids) that influence their regulation globally, specially in lower and middle income countries. Bloomberg's legislators (Durbin, Rashnamoory) are behind FDA's completely dysfunctional regulation of vapes in the US. Bloomberg is causing massive public health damage by denying or heavily restricting access to millions of smokers to much safer nicotine consumption products, ignoring scientific evidence showing these products to be much safer than cigarettes. Bloomberg operates very opaquely through "dark money". I think he merits a series posts exposing his lack of transparency and accountability. I will write about this in my new Substack https://robertosussman.substack.com/publish/posts
Thank you Roberto for your comment, and I agree. A full analysis of Bloomberg is due - we have touched on him in how he funds media and set up the Examination - I think our complaining of non-transparency forced the group to acknowledge his seed capital. Also his work behind Beyond Plastics, the WHO CDoH campaign and on vaping (particularly around U of Bath, but not one article on him personally. I see him as a tragic MacBeth-type character - failed to ban soda while mayor, failed in his presidential bid - he so desires statesmanship that he had to buy a seat at the table via the UN. In this Firebreak series, as Bloomberg is a lone wolf, he would want his name on a project and not via a fiscal sponsor.
Looking forward to your research - could we consider amplifying it?
Hi David. Thanks for your encouragement and support. I place links to my research at the end of message. The Tobacco Tactics website functions as a crude inquisition to libel scientists with ad hominem accusation of being industry fronts. You are black listed just for interacting with industry scientists or participating in events they identify (ad hominem) with industry. Bloomberg's funds channeled through a vast corporation of NGOs is shielding from public scrutiny a tobacco control technocracy (in the WHO and in many public health institution) whose opposition to safer nicotine delivery is harmful to global health.
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