Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
The Overlooked Smoking Crisis in Mental Health, and How Vaping Could Help
People living with serious mental illness remain one of the groups most severely affected by cigarette smoking—and one of those least well served by...
As Australia Insists on Making Vaping Harder Than Smoking—Organised Crime Keeps Filling the Gap
Australia’s tobacco-control model has reached an uncomfortable turning point. Daily smoking has (allegedly) fallen to a record low, yet the country’s legal nicotine market...
Is the UK’s Latest Regulatory Shake-Up Leaning Towards Harm Reduction or Over-Regulation?
Britain's vaping sector is entering its most challenging period since e-cigarettes first emerged as a smoking alternative. New taxes, stricter product rules, tighter marketing...
Nicotine Pouches Are Not Cigarettes. Regulation Should Reflect the Difference
There is a marked contradiction in the global nicotine market: while combustible cigarettes—the products responsible for the vast majority of tobacco-related illness—are still available...
From Poland to Lithuania: Are Europe’s Nicotine Policies Reasonable or Going Too Far?
In Europe, many governments are still rolling out stricter nicotine policies. These range from banning certain flavours and imposing hefty taxes on vapes to...
“As Unfit as Smokers” Alarmist Headlines Once Again Ignore the Wider Evidence on Vaping
A new narrative review published in Cureus examined evidence on e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and oral nicotine products. In line with previous studies, it...
South America’s Fragmented Nicotine Market Keeps Feeding the Illicit Supply Chain
South America has made substantial progress against smoking, but its approach to safer nicotine alternatives remains fragmented and frequently contradictory. Governments have raised tobacco...
Italy’s Pragmatic Tobacco Policy: Conservative Giorgia Meloni Takes an Open-Minded Approach to Vaping
Giorgia Meloni is generally considered a conservative prime minister. Yet on tobacco harm reduction, her government has sometimes adopted a comparatively progressive position by...
