AVI

11/09/2026

Ni****ne isn't what's killing smokers – the smoke is. Cigarette combustion produces 7,000+ chemicals, including the carcinogens and toxicants behind most to***co-related disease. Ni****ne causes dependence, but conflating it with smoking blurs the one distinction that actually saves lives: switching from burning to***co to safer ni****ne products cuts harm dramatically. Precision in language isn't a nicety – it's a public health responsibility.

Substack: https://cliffdoug.substack.com/p/when-ni****ne-is-treated-as-synonymous

27/08/2026

Ni****ne v**es outperformed patches, gum and cessation support in 80 major trials involving 30,000 patients, raising success rates by 60%.

They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.

15/08/2026

AVI turns 10.

19/07/2026

Youth protection is essential, but it should not be used as an argument against harm reduction for adults.

From my GFN presentation in a panel titled "Debunking the Science Used to Support Prohibition"

01/07/2026

We welcome the US FDA's decision to allow a brand of ni****ne pouches to be marketed with the health claim of relative safety versus smoking. Oral ni****ne pouches can be an effective low-risk substitute for toxic smokeless to***co used by 200 million Indians.

18/06/2026

Knowledge Action Change (K·A·C) has launched a new free online course on ***co in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Link to the course:
https://thr.academy/academy/lmics/

12/06/2026

Liquor ban failed. Gutka ban failed. V**e ban failed too. It's time govt realises the limits of prohibition and adopts harm reduction measures. **eBan

08/06/2026

The health ministry just released new data (NHFS 6) which claims to***co use has been steadily declining in India. However, another national survey (HCES) released earlier found to***co use has been massively increasing. Who to believe? If we can not decide on such basic facts, how can we even begin to address the problem? Read more...

The stark divergence between India's two national surveys reflects a fundamental flaw in how we measure stigmatised behaviour. To address our to***co crisis, we must be able to define it first.

29/05/2026

The world is moving away from ci******es, but millions of Indian to***co farmers can't. In this article by AVI director Samrat Chowdhery, he explores the agronomic trap that is stalling India's transition from combustibles to the harm reduction economy, with suggestions on how to address it.

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The world is moving away from ci******es, but millions of Indian to***co farmers can't. In this article published by 2FIRSTS, I explore the agronomic trap that is stalling India's transition from combustibles to the harm reduction economy, with suggestions on how to address it. Nirmala Sitharaman Pi...

25/05/2026

Cochrane Reviews, the gold standard for scientific evidence, has stated again that va**ng is more effective than NRTs in smoking cessation. While not risk-free, they are an effective harm reduction choice for smokers who are unable to quit ni****ne.

🚭️ Can e-ci******es help you stop smoking? With more restrictions on smoking to***co coming into place, people are looking for proven ways to help with smoking cessation. Electronic ci******es are a widely known handheld va**ng device often used as an alternative to smoking. A Cochrane review l...