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.

    National Harm Reduction Coalition to Work on Smoking Cessation

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    Smoking-Cessation Hope for People With Mental Health Conditions

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    EU Ministers, Failing on Smoking Cessation, Weigh Vape Flavor Ban

    Health ministers from all 27 countries of the European Union met on June 21 ...

    Harm Reductionists Wary on New Philippines Vape Regulations

    New regulations in the Philippines require all vaping products to be registered with the ...

    Storm in a Teacup Over Soccer Stars’ Snus Use

    “I used to have the odd cigarette on a night out,” wrote Jamie Vardy, ...

    FDA Scraps Its Juul Marketing Denials; Authorization Now Possible

    The United States Food and Drug Administration has rescinded its marketing denial orders (MDOs) ...

    Japan’s Leading Position in the Tobacco Harm Reduction World

    Japan has halved its cigarette sales in a decade, in what tobacco harm reductionists ...

    Sudden UK Election Shelves Contentious Tobacco and Vapes Bill

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill has gone up in smoke after ...

    Claims of “Passive Vaping Danger” Irritate Scientists

    We’re facing a “New Danger of Passive Vaping,” according to a recent article in ...

    The Menthols Ban: Delayed, Divisive and Far From Dead

    The planned national ban on menthol cigarettes in the United States was postponed indefinitely ...