Vital Strategies has been a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use since it began in 2007. The Initiative seeks to reduce the global demand for tobacco through a comprehensive, proven approach that combines policy change with increased public awareness. The Initiative currently has 10 priority countries:
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Bangladesh
- Philippines
- Mexico
- Ukraine
- Brazil
- Türkiye
The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use Grants Program awards funds to projects delivering high-impact tobacco control interventions in low- and middle-income countries. The program is currently supporting grants in more than 50 countries:
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cote D’Ivoire
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Georgia
- Guinea
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lao PDR
- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russian Federation
- Saint Lucia
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
The Tobacco Industry Interference Grants Program supports projects addressing targeted needs or opportunities to counter or expose industry activity stalling current tobacco control priorities. Grants are short-term and given to civil society organizations all over the world:
- Bolivia
- Costa Rica
- Ghana
- Kosovo
- Malawi
- Mongolia
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Zambia
Vital’s Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement (TERM) is an AI-powered, expert-driven crowdsourced monitoring system that tracks and analyzes tobacco marketing using news and social media listening. It currently operates in:
- India
- Indonesia
- Mexico