Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
NZ Vape Petition to WHO Reaches 10,000 Signatures
The petition was launched during the 2021 Voices4Vape webinar and can be viewed at change.org/v4v-petition.Last year, tobacco harm reduction and consumer groups in the...
Study: More Kenyans Would Quit Smoking if They Had Access to Safer Alternatives
Kariuki’s study found that two-thirds of Kenyans who smoke want to quit and use harm reduction products like nicotine pouches or vapes/e-cigarettes. Sadly last...
Australian Authorities Have Fined WA Individual $2,664 For Importing Vapes
A six-week health crackdown in Western Australia has led to authorities seizing over 15,000 e-cigarettes, valued at more than $500,000 across the state.As of...
Scottish Prisons Complain That Inmates Are Using E-Cigs to Consume Drugs
In July 2017, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) had announced that smoking and tobacco sales would be banned in Scottish prisons by the end...
The EU Vaping Restrictions, Requirements and Sanctions Database Report 2022
Titled, "Vaping EU Restrictions, Requirements and Sanctions Database" the report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. It provides crucial vape-related regulations for Europe in...
The Association Between Smoking, Vaping and Severe COVID-19 Symptoms
The study titled, “Association between smoking, e-cigarette use and severe COVID-19: a cohort study,” comprised of 7 ,869, 534 participants people representative of the population of...
US: Maine’s Teen Vaping Rates Have Dropped
83% of US smokers incorrectly believed that vaping was as harmful, if not more harmful, than smoking.The Maine government relations director for the American...
New Zealand: ASH Survey Indicates That Vaping Rates Rise as Smoking Rates Drop
Findings from the Youth19 vaping survey published in the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health last December, reported that 80% of the...
