Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Experts Warn Asian Leaders Against WHO’s Misguided Vaping Guidance
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) latest Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) Report has failed to consider all the scientific evidence in favour of tobacco harm...
UK: The NHS Will be Prescribing Vapes as Smoking Cessation Tools
A recent paper has clearly indicated that countries following the WHO’s smoking cessation guidance keep struggling with higher smoking rates.Published in October by The...
BAT Raises Its Annual Revenue Growth Forecast
BAT aims to achieve annual revenues of £5bn from three new products – Vuse vapes, Velo oral nicotine pouches and Glo heated tobacco.As BAT’s...
Uncovered FDA Memos Reveal Murky Strategy to Reject PMTAs
Despite shifting the PMTA deadline back and forth numerous times, leaving the smaller vape companies unprepared, over 500 businesses (most of which are small)...
EU TPD Ignores Sweden’s Successful Strategy Which Led to a Smokefree...
Instead of acknowledging the benefits of safer alternatives, the TPD report refers to the products as a nuisance to regulate, as the market for...
Study: Changes in Teen Tobacco Use Behaviour Following SF’s Flavour Ban
In August 2020, SB 793 by Senator Jerry Hill, banned the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including non-tobacco products such as e-cigarettes across the...
BAT Complains About Delay in Menthol Ban-Related Investigation
Japan Tobacco International claims that while its newly launched Silk Cut Choice Green, still contain traces of menthol, they are in compliance with regulations...
A Shocking 12% of The World’s Smokers Are in India
Dr. Suresh Goyal, a senior consultant of pulmonary medicine at Ivy Hospital, said that in India over 10 million people die each year due...
