"Bloomberg and Gates launch legal fund to help countries fight big tobacco", 18 Mar 2015

A $4m (£2.7m) fighting fund to help governments around the world in legal battles against the tobacco industry has been announced by Bloomberg Philanthropies, seeking to assist countries which are making slow progress curbing smoking…[T]here is concern about the tobacco industry push-back that involves legal challenges to new measures such as plain packaging…Australia and Uruguay are two of the countries where public health measures have been challenged by industry…“Country leaders who are trying to protect their citizens from the harms of tobacco should not be deterred by threats of costly legal challenges from huge tobacco companies,” said Bill Gates. “Australia won its first case, which sends a strong message. But smaller, developing countries don’t have the same resources…”…