‘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.
KAC's Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme is looking for its ninth cohort – apply by 11 January 2026
1.2 billion people use risky tobacco worldwide, leading to eight million preventable deaths annuallyK·A·C’s Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme is looking for individuals committed to tac...
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.
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.
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.
Norway on track to equal Sweden’s smokefree status: GSTHR Briefing Paper explores widespread substitution of cigarettes by snus
This Briefing Paper explores how snus is rapidly replacing smoking in Norway, uncovering a revolution that has been led by both consumers and product innovation.
Pro-consumer laws and an endorsement for vaping: why smoking is disappearing in Aotearoa New Zealand – New GSTHR Briefing Paper
Our latest Briefing Paper tells the story of Aotearoa New Zealand's rapid and growing embrace of vaping, providing another important case study showcasing the potential of tobacco harm reduction to help bring down smoking rates.
Major new report shows global transition from smoking to safer products is underway – authors call for regulation, not prohibition, to drive down tobacco-related deaths
This landmark new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report uses the latest evidence and new data projections to assess the current global tobacco harm reduction situation as well as its potential to rapidly reduce tobacco-related disease and mortality.
Vaping set to overtake smoking in the United Kingdom as research and policy endorses tobacco harm reduction - new GSTHR Briefing Paper
The number of people who vape in the United Kingdom is soon set to exceed the number who smoke for the first time. This Briefing Paper explores the United Kingdom’s progress towards becoming smokefree, highlighting both the successes and the challenges.