Sajadi, a ninety-year-old woman labourer, smokes a 'bidi' (an Indian leaf cigarette) at a roadside on the outskirts of New Delhi in this October 12, 2010 file photograph. Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation will commit an additional $220 million over the next four years to fighting tobacco use globally, including funding for legal challenges against the tobacco industry by countries such as Uruguay.The New York City mayor was set to announce the new funding for Bloomberg Philanthropies on March 22, 2012 at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Singapore. His charity will monitor the tobacco industry's strategies and offer legal support to counter its pushback against anti-smoking campaign LINK
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