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.

    Canadian Advocates Clash Over Calls for Vape Flavor Ban 

    Tobacco harm reduction advocates in Canada have fired back, after tobacco control groups urged ...

    “Moral Panic”—Irish Government Plans Sweeping Anti-Vape Legislation

    Ireland’s health minister, Stephen Donnelly, has received cabinet approval to move forward with a ...

    “Merci la Vape”—French Advocates Counter Relentless Anti-Vape Moves

    Tobacco harm reduction has been under attack in France, despite the country’s high rates ...

    EU Call to Ban Public Vaping Could Increase Smoking, Advocates Say

    The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is calling for member ...

    Can Social Workers Be Supported to Spread Tobacco Harm Reduction?

    Groups of people who are most likely to interact with social workers have extremely ...

    Spanish Advocates Fear Worsening Outlook for Tobacco Harm Reduction

    “It is difficult to imagine what the real intentions of the government will be,” ...

    Can the Theory of Youth Vaping as “Gateway” to Smoking Be Put to Bed?

    The notion that nicotine vaping leads people to smoking—known as the “gateway” theory—is a ...

    Disposable Vape Ban Threatens New Zealand’s “World Leader” Status

    Despite being lauded as a world leader in tobacco harm reduction and approaching “smoke-free” ...

    Disposable Vapes Eating Into Cigarette Sales, Industry Data Show 

    The most striking thing about tobacco giant Altria’s second-quarter report is the nature of ...