Bloomberg foundation warns TDs to beware of Philip Morris lobbying

An American foundation funded by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bill and Melinda Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and the US overseas development agency has warned Irish politicians that lobbyists for cigarette maker Philip Morris International (PMI) are using the “Trojan horse” of e-cigarettes to “denigrate” Irish anti-tobacco laws.

The warning comes from high-profile anti-tobacco group Vital Strategies, whose senior vice president for policy and advocacy Sandra Mullin told The Sunday ...