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.

    French Parliament Unanimously Backs Disposable Vapes Ban 

    On December 4, the French National Assembly voted in favor of banning single-use vapes, ...

    New Zealand Splits Opinion by Scrapping Smoking Ban

    New Zealand’s new coalition government plans to abandon the country’s world-first policy of an ...

    Advocates Dismayed at Denmark’s “Horrible” Nicotine Clampdown 

    Denmark’s government is introducing a package of 30 measures aimed at reducing young people’s ...

    A Valuable Vaping Guide for Health and Social Service Providers

    On November 16, the United Kingdom’s National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), ...

    Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Smoker”?

    Words matter, particularly when they’re entwined with issues of identity. Labels have the capacity ...

    Excluded Tobacco Harm Reduction Consumer Groups Fight On

    “So little is published about the grassroots groups which advocate for tobacco harm reduction, ...

    Is UK Government’s “Smoke-Free Generation” Bid Losing Its Way?

    The government of the United Kingdom is pressing ahead with its plan to create ...

    FDA’s Rejections of Menthol Vapes Could “Backfire,” Scientists Say

    On October 12, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued marketing denial ...

    Parents for Vapes? Why Some Are Buying Them for Their Teens

    Outcry over youth vaping continues to drive headlines and policies around the world, fueled ...

    Plan to Raise Smoking Age Yearly in England Draws Mixed Reactions

    Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the United Kingdom, wants to increase the age at ...