Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates launch $4M anti-tobacco trade litigation fund

Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates are teaming up to launch an anti-tobacco trade litigation fund to help low and middle-income countries fight back against the tobacco industry. The goal is to thwart the tobacco industry's use of international trade agreements to "threaten and prevent countries from passing strong tobacco-control laws," according to a release. "Country leaders who are trying to protect their citizens from the harms of tobacco should not be deterred by threats of costly legal challenges…