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Bloomberg, Gates Take On Smoking

Billionaires donate $375M to global anti-tobacco campaign

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 23, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

(AP) – Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The two philanthropists—who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion—say the new effort will... Read full story »

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