THR Global
Authors, advocates, researchers, and commentators contributing perspectives on tobacco harm reduction from around the world.
Highlighted voices helping shape the global conversation on tobacco harm reduction.
Consumer advocate
VSML • South Africa
Kurt Yeo is the co-founder of VSML (Vaping Saved My Life), a consumer advocacy movement in South Africa. A former smoker of 20 years who finally managed to quit after discovering flavoured vapes over a decade ago.
5 published articles
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Australia
I’m an Australian advocate who believes compassion, evidence, and honesty should sit at the heart of public policy. I speak out on tobacco harm reduction, mental health, and the real-world consequences of prohibition.
22 published articles
136 Link Ave
US
Dr. Arielle Selya is a behavioral science consultant specializing in tobacco harm reduction with over 80 scientific publications to date. Her primary role is Senior Scientist at Pinney Asociates, which consults to Juul Labs on tobacco harm reduction. She also consults as a scientific advisor to the Global Forum on Nicotine. Prior to her consulting roles, she spent a decade in academia studying adolescent nicotine use. Dr. Selya's public engagement on science on social media and Substack is her own content and is not commissioned, funded, or overseen by her employers or clients.
20 published articles
Writer
USA
I've been writing about harm reduction, primarily focusing on impact-focused philanthropists and members of the effective altruist (EA) community, for the last few years, mainly through my Substack, More Good Less Harm. I'm currently a Knowledge Action Change Level 2 Scholar in the Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Program (THRSP). My articles focus on making the argument for THR to new audiences from an impact-focused, cost-effectiveness perspective, while also trying to bring some of the EA community's strong epistemic norms to the THR world.
0 published articles
Nigeria
Melody Okereke is a clinical pharmacist and implementation science researcher working on harm reduction, HIV/AIDS programming, and health systems innovation with a focus on community-led and implementation-driven models.
3 published articles
Paraclete Associates Ltd • New Zealand
Nancy is a passionate THR advocate who co-founded Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA), She is also the executive coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific (Tobacco) Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) where she applies her experience in THR advocacy to guide and mentor consumer advocates throughout the entire Asia Pacific region (and beyond). Nancy has a diverse skill set, with experience in scientific research administration (grants, proposals, journal article writing), corporate IT administration and community organisations that have advocated for and supported the rights of youth, the elderly and people in crisis.
19 published articles
National Autonomous University of Mxico • Mexico
I am a physicist (PhD University of London, UK). I am a full time researcher at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. My main research area is in Cosmology, but I have worked in other areas of physics, including Aerosol Physics. I have now 12 peer reviewed published papers ion the physical and chemical properties of aerosols generated by e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Some of my research has proved that all (i mean all) studies finding high levels of toxic/carcinogenic compounds in the aerosols have severe methodological flaws, while all experiments reporting minimal toxicity are consistent with the physical and chemical process of an optimal functioning of the devices. In fact, on my own research I can state confidently that vaping aerosols (inhaled and exhaled) are not only far are less toxic than tobacco smoke, but also less toxic than household aerosols (cooking) and indoor/outdoor pollution sources.
18 published articles
Volunteer Public Health Advocate
United States
Kim “Skip” Murray is co-founder of the Safer Nicotine Wiki, a citizen scientist, tobacco treatment specialist, and writer of the blog Skip’s Corner. A former vape shop owner and e-liquid manufacturer, she brings research, professional experience, and lived experience to her work on tobacco harm reduction. Her work has appeared in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Cureus, Filter Magazine, InsideSources, and other publications. She has spoken at conferences including FDLI, the E-Cigarette Summit (now the Nicotine Summit), ATNF, GTNF, TSRC, and Rethinking Nicotine, representing people with lived experience. Murray has also been a panelist on several webinars and podcasts. Murray has worked for more than a dozen years as a Direct Support Professional in a group home, supporting people living with disabilities. A self-described “neurodivergent nicotine nerd,” she has used nicotine almost continuously since 1969 and frequently brings the experiences of people with disabilities into her tobacco harm reduction work. Her dream is to see the end of tobacco smoking—not through prohibition, but through education and offering people better alternatives.
18 published articles
