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Projects

Our Project Support

Everyday tobacco and nicotine users across India — rickshaw drivers, factory and construction workers — trying vaping devices.
The population most of HRPR's field research is built around: everyday tobacco users, often left out of mainstream cessation programmes.
Research study

Impact of Covid-19 lockdown and ENDS ban on tobacco and nicotine use in India

This study of 3,000 participants from across the country aims to understand the behavioural changes and coping mechanisms among tobacco and e-cigarette users resulting from recent bans — the two-month pandemic lockdown and the e-cigarette (ENDS) ban of late 2019. HRPR has put together a team of data collection agencies and researchers for the study, after which media firms will be engaged to disseminate the research among lawmakers, policy experts, medical professionals and the public, so that adequate response measures can be adopted.

Intervention · Development · Research

Developing snus as an effective harm reduction solution for India's 200 million SLT users

An intervention, development and research project. This year-long project aims to address the following:

  • Intervention study: Can snus be an effective harm reduction alternative for India's smokeless-tobacco (SLT) users? If yes, this can be expanded to include bidi smokers at a later stage.
  • Development project: Can snus be made locally, and at price points that make it a viable alternative?
  • Research project: There is currently no Indian research on the effectiveness and harm reduction potential of snus. A scientific evaluation, along with toxicological testing of locally produced snus, can make a strong case for adopting a snus intervention.

Our Brand

Metamorphosis, not perfection

Our logo symbolises metamorphosis. Instead of reimagining the world and trying to make it perfect, our goal is to take what we have and support its transformation into something better. This pragmatism underlies the harm reduction philosophy. The colour red signifies our passion in the work we do.

Our Mission

Evidence over intention

HRPR's mission is to facilitate adoption of effective policies based on scientific and empirical evidence, and those which have promise to make a positive societal impact.

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