Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Philippines’ President Urged to Sign Vape Bill Into Law
SB 2239 regulates the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use and consumption of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) via internationally-accepted standards. The aim...
How Cigarette Butts Affect The Environment
Cigarette butts are known to make up around 20% per cent of the debris gathered during ocean clean-ups.The world’s 1.3 billion smokers “improperly dispose...
US: New Bill Sets in Place Regulations For Synthetic Nicotine in 2022
Given the millions of PMTA rejections faced in recent months by manufacturers, many had turned to synthetic nicotine in the hope of avoiding the...
E-Cigarette Use in Taiwan Has Tripled Since 2018
The age groups with the highest rates of use were men aged 26 to 30, at 6.3%, and women aged 21 to 25, at...
China’s New Draft Bill Considers a Ban on Flavoured Vapes
The public is still in time to voice their opinion about the proposed regulations, as the period for public comments on the draft regulation...
US Senate to Vote on Proposed Vape Tax Despite Opposition
H.R. 5376, includes a new nicotine tax applying the same federal cigarette excise tax of $1.01 per pack on to e-cigarettes, vaping liquids, and...
THR Experts’ Panel Discussed Bullying and Lies Being Spread About Vaping
Premiered on CAPHRA’s (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates) Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/caphraorg, and headlined “The battle between innovation and bully tactics,"...
Public Health Experts: Proposed US Vape Tax May Create More Smokers
Higher e-cigarette tax rates reducing vaping rates and increased traditional cigarette use.While the proposed House bill includes a nicotine tax which would apply to...
