Kiran Sidhu

Kiran is a tobacco harm reduction fellow for Filter. She is a London-based 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.

Kiran’s fellowship is 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.

Uproar as “95 Percent Safer” Message Blamed for Youth Vaping

A prominent British physician has sparked controversy by blaming the country’s message that vapes are “95 percent safer” than cigarettes…

October 3, 2023

France to Ban Disposable Vapes This Year in “Dangerous” Move

France is planning to ban disposable vapes, or “puffs” as they’re known in the country, by the end of the…

September 19, 2023

Bangladesh Poised to Be the Next Asian Country to Ban Vapes

Bangladesh is close to imposing a total ban on nicotine vapes, which have helped tens of millions of people around…

September 1, 2023

Flavor Advice Boosts Chances of Switching From Cigarettes to Vapes

People are more likely to quit smoking through vapes if they receive help in choosing the right flavor for them,…

August 11, 2023

UK Councils Ramp Up Pressure to Ban Disposable Vapes

Councils in the United Kingdom have issued a joint call to ban single-use vapes, citing environmental and child safety concerns.…

August 8, 2023

Canada Mandates Health Warnings on Every Single Cigarette

Canada will soon be the first country in the world to mandate that a health warning be printed on every…

June 13, 2023

How Vaping Has Surged Among Prisoners in the UK

Prisoners in the United Kingdom spent close to £8 million on nicotine vapes in the 2021-22 financial year, according to…

May 30, 2023

Will Thailand Soon Overturn One of the World’s Harshest Vape Bans?

Thailand’s general elections on May 14 might just bring about the end of the country’s draconian vape policies. Merely possessing…

April 24, 2023

UK’s World-First Plan to Give Vape Kits to a Million People Who Smoke

The United Kingdom will be offering free nicotine vape kits to one million people who smoke cigarettes. Nothing like this…

April 13, 2023

Anti-Vaping Sensors and CCTV in Schools: Is the UK Joining In?

Some schools in the United Kingdom have begun using CCTV and sensors in an attempt to detect and stop student…

April 4, 2023