Welcome to blogs.villagevoice.com
Blogs
  • News
    • » News Home
    • » Daily News
    • » Runnin' Scared - News Blog
    • » Tom Robbins
    • » Wayne Barrett
  • Music
    • » Music Home
    • » Top Picks
    • » Find a Bar or Club
    • » Pazz & Jop
    • » Down in Front
    • » Sound of the City
    • » Siren
    • » Submit an Event
    • » Jukebox
    • » Join Music Newsletter
    • » Entertainment Ads
  • Calendar
    • » Calendar Home
    • » Top Picks
    • » Comedy Events
    • » Submit an Event
    • » Entertainment Ads
  • Restaurants
    • » Restaurants Home
    • » Restaurant Guide
    • » Restaurant Reviews
    • » Sietsema's Counter Culture
    • » Find a Bar or Club
    • » Fork in the Road (column)
    • » Fork in the Road (blog)
    • » Sponsored Online Menus
    • » Choice Eats Tasting Event
    • » Join Dining Newsletter
    • » Restaurant Ads
    • » Happy Hours App
  •  
  • Arts
    • » Arts Home
    • » Calendar
    • » Books
    • » Theater
    • » Art
    • » Dance
    • » Obies Theater Awards
  • Films
    • » Films Home
    • » Now Showing
    • » Movie Showtimes
    • » Reviews
    • » Join NY Film Club
    • » Movie Ads
  • The Ads
    • Ad Index
    • Flip Book
    • Media Kit
    • » Fitness Health & Beauty Guide
    • » Sponsored Online Menus
  • Classifieds
    • Free Online Classifieds
    • Real Estate For Rent
    • Sexy Black Book
    • Virtual Career Fair
    • Personals
    • Real Estate for Sale
    • Place an Ad (print)
  • Blogs
    • » Runnin' Scared
    • » Sound of the City
    • » La Daily Musto
    • » Fork in the Road (blog)
    • » All City
  • Columns
    • » La Dolce Musto
    • » Tom Robbins
    • » Sex
    • » Horoscope
  • Best Of
    • » Arts & Entertainment
    • » Bars & Clubs
    • » Food & Drink
    • » People & Places
    • » Shopping & Services
    • » Sports & Recreation
    • » Best of Ads
  • Bars/Clubs
    • » Bars/Clubs Home
    • » Gay Bars & Clubs
    • » Bars/Club Ads
    • » Happy Hours App
  • Archives
    • Advanced Archive Search
    • Locations Map
    • Event Search
  • Reader Recommendations
  • Promotions
    • Street Team
    • Join The Street Team
    • Contests & Promotions
    • Text Alerts
    • Buy Village Voice Merchandise
    • Supplements Archive
  • Site Map

Top

blog

Stories

  • Free Verse Poetry

    Tiger Woods' Sex Texts as Free Verse Poetry

    By Foster Kamer

    1
  • Overlooked and Hoberated

    J. Hoberman Responds to Armond White

    By J. Hoberman

    2
  • Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

    The Media's Hipster Addiction

    By Foster Kamer

    3
  • Protest

    Tea Partiers Lose Morning to Bloodfest

    By Roy Edroso

    4
  • Blowhards

    Andrew Breitbart: Pussy.

    By Foster Kamer

    5
  • Exploring the Right Wing Blogosphere

    Rightbloggers Whoop Up a Texas Re-Education

    By Roy Edroso

    6
  • Dating

    Renaissance Dating Tips: The Finale

    By Village Voice contributor

    7
  • Media

    Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch!

    By Foster Kamer

    8
  • Primers

    Carlos Slim: The Richest Man in the World

    By Foster Kamer

    9
  • Overlooked and Hoberated

    Proof! Critic Called for Baumbach's Abortion

    By J. Hoberman

    10
  • Politics

    Chatting with Monserrate's Spiritual Advisor

    By Steven Thrasher

    11
  • Dating

    Still More Renaissance Pick-Up Lines!

    By Village Voice contributor

    12
  • Dating

    Renaissance Pick-Up Strategies Exposed

    By Village Voice contributor

    13
  • Nanny State

    Bloomberg: Won't Somebody Please Think of The Children?

    By Roy Edroso

    14
  • Death and Taxes

    Oldest Woman in U.S. Cedes Crown

    By Foster Kamer

    15
 
Featured

Mayor Bloomberg Wants You To Quit Smoking (Wherever You Are)

By Chez Pazienza, Wednesday, Jul. 23 2008 @ 4:43PM
Comments (4)
Categories: Featured


Mayor Mike made it his mission to snuff out smoking in New York City, now he's hoping to take the act worldwide.

Michael Bloomberg joined Bill and Melinda Gates in Times Square earlier today to announce a plan aimed at getting developing countries to quit smoking. The $500 million Gates Foundation initiative follows a report by the World Health Organization -- one which Bloomberg helped to fund -- on global tobacco use. The mayor calls the initiative "one of the most important public health efforts of our time."

Back in February, Bloomberg was on hand for the release of the initial study, which asserts that smoking will lead to the deaths of more than a billion people over the next century if decisive action isn't taken.

Comments (4) Write Comment
Share

Related Content

  • Plaxico Burress Will Take Everyone Down With Him August 25, 2009
  • Mayor Celebrates Hanukkah With Giant Floral Menorah December 9, 2009
  • Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared May 29, 2009
  • It's On: Where and How to Protest in New York March 25, 2003
  • New Q-Poll: New Yorkers Like Times Square Mall, Bloomberg's Schools, Cars (?) July 30, 2009

More About:

  • Michael Bloomberg
  • Melinda Gates
  • Times Square
  • Smoking
  • Medicine

Comments (4)

kim says:

Jesus H. Christ. Put the Gateses next to "do-gooder" in the dictionary. When I think what animal protection groups could do with that money it makes me want to take both of them and put them in the river in a bag of rocks. Who cares about smokers. I'm one. I'm making an informed decision on the matter. If smoking is killing off people in third world countries then good. You kill two birds with one stone in the whole darwininan scheme of things. A person stupid enough to smoke dies and a poverty stricken person dies. Good riddence.

Posted On: Wednesday, Jul. 23 2008 @ 5:26PM
Robert Lewis says:

New York Mayor Bloomberg's companies allowed numerous tax warrants, tax liens, Department of Labor judgments to occur that are scattered across the country from California to New York

http://webofdeception.com/#bloomberg

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 24 2008 @ 9:07AM
Donal says:

Smokers don't just pass away peacefully. I watched my mother fighting for breath after an operation for lung disease, and I've no wish to see that happen to anyone - even to reduce the surplus population.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 24 2008 @ 10:13AM
mmm says:

Bloomberg doesn't want anyone to quit smoking. He's spending the money on anti-smoking propaganda and simultaneously increasing cigarette taxes. In Nazi Germany, Hitler had one of historys most extreme anti-smoking campaigns and studies showed that the result was that MORE people smoked than ever! So it's a win-win for Bloomberg, he will look like a saint for trying to save those smokers and at the same time make billions in tax dollars. Don't underestimate Bloomies capacity to make the billions of dollars- he's very good at it.

Posted On: Monday, Jul. 28 2008 @ 7:46PM

Write Comment


Comments may not show up immediately after submission. Please wait a minute after posting a comment for it to appear.

All reader comments are subject to our Terms of Use. By clicking "Post," you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agree to these Terms.

Tools

Search Runnin' Scared


Follow

Email tips to tips@villagevoice.com

SlideShows»

  • Smell the Glove Party
  • Driven by Boredom's 9 Year Anniversary Party (NSFW)
  • Late-Night at the Shank
  • More Slideshows >>

Most …

  • Something's Missing from the Terry Richardson Stories
  • Jay McInerney's New Gig: WSJ Wine Critic
  • Big Energy Tube Thing "Smashes" Record, Sounds Terrifying, Still Totally Misunderstood
  • Big Win for Satan: Heavy Metal Addict Wins Disability Benefits
  • Sauced Court Cop Pops Paddy's Day Gat Shot
  • More Recent Entries...
  • Is the Media's "Hipster" Grifting Soon to End? (37)
  • Richard Cedeno, 25, Shot and Killed Outside City College (35)
  • Rightbloggers Find New Texas School Curriculum a Boon to Re-Education (29)
  • If Armond White Only Knew What a Monster J. Hoberman Really Is... (27)
  • Bruce Asante, 29, Stabbed and Killed in the Bronx (22)
  • Is the Media's "Hipster" Grifting Soon to End?
  • If Armond White Only Knew What a Monster J. Hoberman Really Is...
  • Proof That Critic Armond White Did Call for Noah Baumbach's Abortion
  • Anthony Weiner, Senators Call for End to Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
  • Alex Chilton, Big Star Singer: Memorialized in House of Representatives Floor Speech?

Twitter Feed

Follow villagevoice on Twitter

More Twitter >>

VVM on Digg

  • 1
    diggs
    Funds Pulled for Anaheim-to-Las-Vegas Choo Choo - Orange Cou
  • 1
    diggs
    Judge Goes Easy On Guilty CHP Pedophile - Orange County News
  • 58
    diggs
    Bitch Who Left Jesse James is Back!
  • 2
    diggs
    Colorado Health Dept. Opposes Medical Marijuana for PTSD
  • 1
    diggs
    Stephen Colbert Discovers Sweet Shamrock
  • 85
    diggs
    Old Man Charged With Hate Crime for Grabbing Woman's Butt
  • 56
    diggs
    Firefighter Can't Extinguish Flame of Passion - In His Pants
  • 75
    diggs
    Sign This is Going to Be a Long Day (Pic)
  • 64
    diggs
    Six Fictional Restaurants That Should be Real
  • 2
    diggs
    Another Costa Mesa Medical Marijuana Dispensary Closes
  • 284
    diggs
    Man arrested for peeing on 7 Hispanic girls
  • 347
    diggs
    Cheech and Chong: 5 surprising facts
  • 330
    diggs
    How a Bag of Rice Can Save Your iPhone’s Life
  • 490
    diggs
    Wachovia Admits It Laundered Millions in Mexican Drug Cash
  • 405
    diggs
    Top 10 Kit Kat Flavors You’ve Probably Never Tried
  • 347
    diggs
    Missouri Lawmaker Wants Women to Give Reason For Abortion
  • 350
    diggs
    Woman Gardens Topless Near School; Kids Like It, Cops Don't
  • 391
    diggs
    Dad Tries to Sell Son on Craigslist for $5,000
  • 277
    diggs
    SXSW Interactive Is Dead
  • 194
    diggs
    Alex Chilton Of Big Star Dies In New Orleans
  • 8775
    diggs
    Legalization of Marijuana Bill in California
  • 5801
    diggs
    Guess Who is Facing 21 Years in Prison?
  • 5051
    diggs
    Guys Dates Several Prostitutes. No Sex. Just Regular Dates.
  • 4605
    diggs
    Get Up, Stand Up: Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization
  • 3753
    diggs
    Denver Airports Controversial 32 FT Zombie Mustang Sculpture
  • 3743
    diggs
    Guy Dumps His Cheating Girlfriend Live on Radio (Audio)
  • 2720
    diggs
    Meet Scientology's Worst Enemy
  • 2695
    diggs
    Decision Tree: Should I Buy an iPad? (PIC)
  • 2631
    diggs
    The best (PIC) of Colin Powell you'll see today.
  • 2589
    diggs
    Police Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Assault 12-Year old

Links

  • Village Voice
  • Wayne Barrett
  • Elizabeth Dwoskin
  • Jockbeat
  • Michael Musto
  • Tom Robbins
  • Somebody Got Murdered
  • Studies in Crap
  • New York Daily News
  • New York Post
  • New York Times
  • Newsday
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post
  • YouTube
  • Salon
  • Slate
  • Gawker
  • Huffington Post
  • Daily Kos
  • Drudge Report
  • The Daily Show
  • Colbert Report
  • Politico
  • Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Associated Press
  • Fox News
  • The Onion
  • ESPN
  • CNN
  • Time
  • Forward
  • New York
  • New Yorker
  • New York Review of Books
  • New York Observer
  • ABC News
  • CBS News
  • MSNBC
  • Newsweek
  • New York Sun
  • National Review
  • New Republic
  • Harper's
  • Atlantic
  • Vanity Fair
  • The Nation
  • Radar
  • New York Law Journal
  • Columbia Journalism Review
  • Columbia Spectator
  • Washington Square News
  • News India Times
  • Women's Wear Daily
  • Amsterdam News
  • New York Press
  • Time Out
  • IRIN
  • Indymedia
  • FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
  • Cryptome
  • Human Rights Watch
  • United for a Fair Economy
  • International Crisis Group
  • nola.com: New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • The New Yorker:Iraq Coverage
  • Index on Censorship
  • CounterPunch
  • Center for Contemporary Conflict
  • McClatchy D.C. Bureau
  • TomDispatch.com
  • Common Dreams News Center
  • War Report — Project on Defense Alternatives
  • Power & Interest News Report
  • Selves and Others
  • Antiwar.com
  • Johnson's Russia List
  • Energy Bulletin
  • Dry Dipstick
  • IFIWatchnet
  • Al Jazeera
  • chechnya-sl
  • Bushims
  • ACLU's Torture FOIA
  • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • National Security Archive
  • Waxman Committee
  • Ethics Daily
  • Bretton Woods Project
  • Human Rights First
  • Center for Public Integrity
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Institute for War & Peace Reporting
  • 9-11 Timeline
  • Iraq Body Count
  • Students for an Orwellian Society
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • whitehouse.gov
  • whitehouse.org
About Us | Work for Village Voice | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | Advertising | Privacy Policy | Problem With the Site? | RSS | Site Map
©2010 Village Voice, LLC. All rights reserved.