The launch of Burning Issues: GSTHR 2020
The second biennial GSTHR report, Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020, shows that global tobacco control’s hostility to tobacco harm reduction is risking the health and lives of millions with LMIC worst hit.
WHO distracts from decades of failed efforts to reduce smoking with misguided war on safer alternatives
By encouraging nation states to enact bans or overly restrictive policies on safer nicotine products, the WHO is creating a situation where millions more cigarettes will be sold and millions will continue to die prematurely, says Knowledge•Action•Change.
New GSTHR briefing - Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue for Asia
The latest GSTHR report, Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue for Asia, reveals the terrible toll of the tobacco crisis in Asia and argues for the urgent scaling-up of harm reduction alternatives.
K•A•C's global scholarship programme seeks tobacco harm reduction leaders of tomorrow
Knowledge•Action•Change's Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme is seeking its seventh cohort to join a global programme helping to produce the tobacco harm reduction leaders of the future.
Tobacco and nicotine products in Qatar. A short guide for travellers to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
With the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 starting soon, we answer a range of questions people who use nicotine, and are planning to visit Qatar, may have about the possession and use of nicotine and tobacco products in the country.
‘Not if, but when’: GSTHR Situation Report 2026 charts growing consumer demand for tobacco harm reduction, despite widening policy gulf
The report’s analysis shows that rising use of safer nicotine products (SNP) has coincided with declining smoking prevalence across multiple countries and regions;Exclusive GSTHR estimates suggest...
New GSTHR publications aim to support drug treatment practitioners to reduce smoking harms among clients
Resources focus on the potential of tobacco harm reduction for people who use drugs, a group who smoke at rates far higher than the general population.
Scholarship programme looking for tomorrow's THR leaders - deadline 31 July 2025
The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme is currently looking for its eighth cohort of Scholars and there are now just two weeks left to apply.
Taxing for harm reduction: New GSTHR Briefing Paper calls for a health-focused approach to tobacco and safer nicotine product taxation
The latest GSTHR Briefing Paper urges governments around the world to encourage those who smoke to switch to safer nicotine products by making use of their tax systems to ensure cigarettes are significantly more expensive than safer alternatives.
Free online course from Knowledge•Action•Change introduces new approaches in the fight against smoking-related death and disease
UK-based public health agency, Knowledge•Action•Change, is launching a free online course called Understanding Tobacco Harm Reduction in a bid to reduce the disease and mortality caused by combustible tobacco and toxic smokeless products.