Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Uruguay Tobacco Control Experts Outraged About New Tobacco Inserts
The recent decision by the government of Uruguay allows tobacco companies to market their products in ways that the plain packaging legislation was designed...
Oregon Regulators Have Recalled 18,000 Possibly Unsafe THC Vape Cartridges
The regulator started the investigation based on the fact that YHN products listed “artificial flavors” as an ingredient. Upon examining one of the products,...
Study Looked Into Tobacco Product Use And Respiratory Symptoms in Youth
Vaping is much less damaging to the lungs than smoking.Titled, “Tobacco product use and functionally-important respiratory symptoms among US adolescents/young adults,” the analysis extracted...
The Netherlands Urged to Copy Sweden’s Tobacco Harm Reduction Model
A recent large survey of 2,981 Dutch vapers, found that the majority would smoke if e-cigarettes were not available. The study was carried out...
California Teen Tobacco and Vaping Rates Continue to Drop
California's T21 law seems to have had positive public health effects on 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students across California.The California Healthy Kids Survey...
The Latest GSTHR Estimate Shows a Significant Rise in Vaping Globally
The GSTHR project, a report by UK public health agency, Knowledge•Action•Change (K•A•C), equated the 20% increase to 82 million in 2021 from 68 million...
South Africa: Proposed ‘Vape Tax’ Could Double Prices
Discussing the tax at a standing committee on finance, BAT spokesperson Dane Mouyis said that according to their data, vaping products account for less...
TikTok Moderators Having Issues With Content on Illegal Vapes
A review of 29 peer reviewed studies, found that exposure to tobacco and vaping products on social media leads to increased consumption.TikTok’s latest challenge...
