Kiran Sidhu

    Kiran is a tobacco harm reduction fellow for Filter. She is a writer and journalist who has written for publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, I Paper and the Times, among many others. Her book, I Can Hear the Cuckoo, was published by Gaia in 2023. She lives in Wales.

    Kiran’s fellowship was previously supported by an independently administered tobacco harm reduction scholarship from Knowledge-Action-Change—an organization that has separately provided restricted grants and donations to Filter.

    Finding Optimism in the Tobacco Harm Reduction Maelstrom

    In my worst moments, reporting on the tobacco harm reduction space, as I’ve been ...

    Plain Packaging and “Drab” Colors: The UK’s Latest Anti-Vape Plan

    The United Kingdom could impose restrictions on nicotine vapes’ packaging, flavor descriptions and visibility ...

    What’s Behind the UK’s Migration to Nicotine Pouches?

    People in the United Kingdom are using nicotine pouches in rapidly growing numbers—both to ...

    Disposables Banned, Flavors Next: Irish Vape Crackdown Gathers Pace

    Ireland is banning disposable vapes, which are a low-barrier entry point to vaping for ...

    “Not a Solo Act”—The Impacts of Smoking Cessation for Loved Ones

    “People often talk about how switching to a safer nicotine product can benefit the ...

    EU Nicotine-Tax Doubts After Parliamentary Rejections

    The European Parliament has rejected two different plans to set minimum taxation rates for ...

    Growing Calls to Integrate Tobacco Harm Reduction Into Drug Services

    “It’s time drug treatment and harm reduction services got involved with tobacco harm reduction,” ...

    EU’s “Loaded” Public Questionnaire Pushes Anti-Nicotine Agenda

    The European Union has published a questionnaire, asking interested parties to participate in helping ...

    Why Is It Harder for People in Rural Communities to Quit Smoking?

    “I was told countless times, ‘You should stop smoking.’ But when I said I ...