Kiran Sidhu

Government Consultation Amid UK Plan to Treat Vape Shops as “Unwanted”

On October 8, the United Kingdom government opened a consultation, seeking expert input on measures intended to help the country…

October 15, 2025

Malaysia’s Impending Vape Ban Poses Multiple Threats

Malaysia is set to ban sales of all vaping products, phasing them out by mid-2026. The decision follows a period…

October 7, 2025

WHO’s COP11 Will Threaten Tobacco Harm Reduction Behind Closed Doors

In November, COP11—the World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty—will…

September 29, 2025

Contentious Study Gave Pregnant Women Low-Nicotine Cigarettes

Pregnant women who smoke participated in a recent study looking at very low-nicotine cigarettes (VLNC). The study adds to a…

September 4, 2025

Media, Researchers Fuel More Vape Misperceptions

Media scaremongering about tobacco harm reduction options, often involving credulous amplifications or distortions of studies that are themselves incomplete or…

August 25, 2025

EU Plan to Heavily Tax Safer Substitutes for Cigarettes Draws Fire

The European Union is looking to impose heavy and unprecedented bloc-wide taxes on safer nicotine products. Tobacco harm reduction advocates…

August 21, 2025

Disposable Vapes Still Widely (and Predictably) Sold in Post-Ban UK

Disposable nicotine vapes are still being sold by retailers in the United Kingdom, even though they were recently banned. This…

August 13, 2025

Pouches Close Sweden’s Tobacco Harm Reduction Gender Gap

Sweden's use of the oral tobacco product snus has led it towards becoming the world’s first “smoke-free” country (defined as…

August 6, 2025

The Flavor of Harm Reduction: Vapes in a Hostile US

Vaping with flavors versus having to vape without them: The difference might sound trivial. But people whose lives have been…

July 31, 2025

“Infantile” UK Plan Would Fine People Who Vape at Bus Stops

People who vape at outdoor bus stops in the United Kingdom could soon be fined up to £100, under a…

July 28, 2025