To provide standardized tobacco use data and track key tobacco control measures, Bloomberg Philanthropies is providing the CDC Foundation with a two-year, $14 million grant that will enable CDC, in partnership with the World Health Organization, to conduct repeat tobacco usage surveys in 11 countries to measure tobacco control progress.

Michael R. Bloomberg announced today that he will commit an additional $220 million to fight tobacco use around the world through the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.  The CDC Foundation is one of five partner organizations involved in the Initiative.