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Microsoft billionaire Gates joins £190m bid to stub out smoking

Mr Gates is teaming up with fellow billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, to fight tobacco use in developing countries, where it is most entrenched.

The two men, with a combined worth of more than £35 billion, are donating a total of £189 million ($375 million)  to the campaign.

Two thirds are coming from Mr Bloomberg and a third is being donated by Mr Gates.

The money will support projects that raise tobacco taxes, help smokers quit, ban tobacco advertising and protect non-smokers from exposure to smoke, their foundations said today.

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