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.

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    Why It Matters That Tobacco Harm Reduction Brightens Smiles

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    New England Journal of Medicine Backs Vapes as Harm Reduction

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    Never Too Late: Quitting Smoking at Any Age Slashes Cancer Risk

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    At Hostile COP10, Threats to Tobacco Harm Reduction Postponed

    The worst threats of the World Health Organization’s COP10 tobacco control conference to global ...

    Why Isn’t Tobacco Harm Reduction Prioritized for Unhoused People?

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    Will Ireland’s Public Vape Consultation Trigger Bans?

    A public consultation to help determine the future of vaping in Ireland has come ...

    British Government to Ban Disposable Vapes, Restrict Flavors

    Disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced ...

    Australia Tightens the Screw Even More Against Vaping

    One million additional GP appointments will be needed in Australia annually, according to the ...