Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Global Broadcast Discussing The FCTC COP9 Planned to Counter WHO Secrecy
The COP9 organizers said that any discussions related to alternative tobacco products will be postponed, but evidence indicates otherwise.Earlier this year, COP9 organisers had...
Hong Kong Cautioned to Rethink Vape Ban Given Lack of Success...
Hong Kong's policymakers approved the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2019 by a vote of 32 to three in the Legislative Council, roughly six...
US Appeals Court Ignores FDA Decision and Allows Brand to Keep...
The initial PMTA guidance stated that no long-term studies were required to support applications. However, the FDA has now rejected thousands of PMTAs on...
Smokers Rights Movement: Fighting for Smokers’ Access to Safer Alternatives
The “Smokers Rights Movement” was solely funded by Max Kosenko, the CEO of Ritchy Group, which is one of the biggest e-liquid manufacturers in...
Improved Health Measured in COPD Patients Switching From Smoking to Using...
COPD patients who switched from smoking to using HTPs, showed consistent improvements in respiratory symptoms, exercise tolerance, and their general quality of life.COPD is...
Hong Kong Bans The Sales of Vapes And Heated Tobacco Products
Last August, Hong Kong's Council on Smoking and Health said that government statistics had shown that local teenagers use the products more often than...
Latest Research: Current Teen Vapers Would Be Smokers if Vapes Did...
"The youth who had a low propensity to smoke after e-cigarettes were available were exceedingly unlikely to use e-cigarettes."The study titled, “High school seniors...
Vape Company Starts Legal Battle With US FDA Over PMTA Rejections
While vape companies had to scramble to meet the court-imposed PMTA submissions deadline, the FDA missed theirs.MVO has called the rejections “arbitrary and capricious,”...
