Samrat is a journalist and harm reduction advocate based in Mumbai, India.
Over five million Indians have died of smoking-related causes since their government banned the sale of vapes and heated tobacco…
In February, billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s charitable organization Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional tobacco control commitment of $420 million. A significant…
Taiwan looks set to become the next country in Asia to ban nicotine vaping products. On January 12, amendments to…
Globally, almost a third of tobacco consumers use oral products. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) is generally safer than combustibles. But traditional…
Amid intensifying debate over the regulation of novel nicotine products, the Philippines—despite being known for the murderous drug war waged…
Tobacco use is a poor person’s problem. People with low incomes consume and grow it the most and suffer the…
Tobacco is India’s Trojan horse. It was brought to our shores five centuries ago on Portuguese ships. Indians readily took…