Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Argentina Opens Regulated Vape Market Amid Calls for Smarter Tobacco Control Policies
Argentina had been enforcing a ban on the sale and import of vaping products for over 10 years. Now that the ban has been...
Real Stories, Real Results: New Online Platform Gives Consumers A Voice
The consumer is often the missing voice in global debates on tobacco harm reduction, with the discussion typically dominated by policymakers, academics, and advocacy...
France’s Pouch Ban Sparks EU Legal Clash and Shines a Spotlight on Europe’s Divided...
Even if each country decides how to handle public health, EU law has long insisted that goods legally sold in one country must be...
The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill Goes Into Effect: What is it Getting Wrong?
The United Kingdom has entered a new chapter in tobacco and nicotine regulation following the Tobacco and Vapes Bill receiving Royal Assent. This law...
400% Tax Hike on Nicotine Pouches Puts Sweden’s Smoke-Free Progress at Risk
The EU Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) proposed amendment is once again stirring the debate over whether policymakers are putting ideology before evidence, especially when...
China Builds a Controlled Nicotine Market While Dominating Global Supply Chains
China is discreetly shifting the paradigm of nicotine around the world—and not in a way that most harm reduction advocates would like to see....
Enforcement Won’t Fix It: Australia Needs to Tackle the Root Cause of its Broken...
The experiment that is tobacco control in Australia has crashed into a wall of harsh realities, and the consequences can no longer be hidden...
More on the Ongoing EU Nicotine Policy Review Madness and the Growing Divide on...
Between its core principles of evidence-based regulation and the free movement of goods, nicotine policy is fragmenting across the EU at a pace that...
