Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Surprise Surprise: The UK’s Vape Crackdown Backfires, Strengthening Black Markets, Not Public Health
The past year has laid bare a difficult truth for the UK, Ireland, much of Europe and the rest of the world, about the...
Progress Shamed, WHO Exposed: How Harm Reduction Challenged COP’s Backwards Agenda in Geneva
As always, the mood heading into COP11 was tense, and not only because of the high-stakes negotiations ahead. In the weeks before delegates descended...
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,...
