Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Punished for Success? New Zealand’s “Dirty Ashtray” Reveals The FCTC’s Embedded Bias
The global tobacco-control community is outraged, as New Zealand — long regarded as one of the world’s most innovative and effective leaders in reducing...
The Fight for Evidence-Based Tobacco Control: What we know about COP11 So Far
The ongoing Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), currently being held in Geneva from 17–22...
Substitution, Not Abstinence: Danish Data Are The Latest to Teach us About Tobacco Harm...
Throughout history, major advances in public health have rarely moved forward without opposition. From clean water systems to food safety laws, vaccinations, and air-quality...
Bias, Confusion and Consequences: How Misleading Vape Studies are Undermining Public Health
Over the past decade, vaping has been one of the most significant public health breakthroughs in reducing smoking-related harm. Millions of smokers in the...
Snus vs Nicotine Pouches: Comparing the Safety and Science Behind The Products
For decades, Sweden’s traditional tobacco pouch, snus, has stood apart from cigarettes as a safer nicotine alternative. In recent years, nicotine pouches, a modern,...
Proof and Prejudice: The Science Policymakers Are Ignoring About Vapes and Nicotine Pouches
These findings of course align with similar reviews by Public Health England (now the UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities), Cancer Research UK,...
Why is the UK Turning Its Back on Its Own Successful Smoking Cessation Strategy?
For over a decade the UK was the global anchor example of evidence-based tobacco harm reduction. University academics, economists and THR advocates worldwide cited...
How Cultural Frames Shape Tobacco Harm Reduction (or Lack Of) in Asia
As numerous Asian countries move further towards restricting novel nicotine products, it becomes clearer that across Asia, the policy trend around products such as...
