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.

    New Zealand Embraces Vapes to Cut Smoking—and Cuts Youth Vaping

    In countries where nicotine vapes are generally available to adults, with corresponding reductions in ...

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    Vape Flavor Bans Increase Cigarette Sales in Canada, Too

    Ban flavored vapes and expect an increase in cigarette sales: It’s a familiar concept ...

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    Nicotine a Heart Threat, Per “Expert Consensus Report.” Experts Disagree.

    Nicotine, regardless of the delivery system, is a “potent cardiovascular toxin,” states a recent ...

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    A Rare Case of Open Debate on Tobacco Harm Reduction 

    “If safer alternatives can save lives, what responsibility do we have to science, to ...

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    Cheered On by the WHO, Vietnam Tightens Total Vape Ban

    On December 11, Vietnam passed an amendment to its Investment Law in order to ...

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    The FDA Might Be Thawing to THR: Here’s How It Could Move Faster

    Baby steps, but 2025 might have been the year the United States Food and ...

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    “Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage

    The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention ...

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    Personal Attacks on THR Proponents Ramp Up Amid COP11

    Tobacco harm reductionists have grown used to operating under fire as they seek access ...

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    Inside One Hospital, a Discreet Project Fights Doctors’ Nicotine Bias

    Medical professionals are badly misinformed about nicotine, with severe and tragic consequences for patients’ ...

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    “Massive Milestone” as Vaping Overtakes Smoking in Britain

    For the very first time, more adults in Great Britain are using vapes than ...

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