Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Australia: Vape Ads Allowed in Pharmacies Under Some Circumstances
"..the TGA has granted a legal permission which allows pharmacies and a pharmacy marketing groups to advertise (i.e. promote), through certain media, where to...
WHO Adds Two Smoking Cessation Drugs to Its Essential Medicines List
The purpose of the list is guiding national authorities on the type of medicines that should be available in their countries. On October 1st...
L.A. Considers a Ban on Flavoured Tobacco Products
Teenagers in high schools were more likely to take up smoking than teenagers in US school districts where no flavour bans were imposed.Fruity, sweet...
Malta Becomes The First EU Country to Legalise Cannabis For Personal Use
Prohibition has never stopped anyone from consuming their preferred products, just pushed to obtain them from illegal and unsafe sources.Following a vote of 36-27...
NZ THR Advocates: Any Valid Youth Vaping Concerns Already Addressed
Referring to a recent frontpage nationwide newspaper story, headlined ‘Vaping - at 10’, AVCA co-director Nancy Loucas recently spoke out, highlighting the irony in...
Vapers’ Stories Broadcast in Brussels to Encourage Pro-Vaping Policies
The bus drove through Brussels displaying a powerful selection of real life quit stories by vapers from around Europe.Launched in Barcelona last August, the...
BAT Study: Health Impacts of Smoking Reduced When Switching to Heated Tobacco
The findings indicated decreased biomarkers of exposure in smokers who switched to THPs in comparison to those who did not.Titled, “Changes in biomarkers after...
NZ’s Newly Launched Smokefree Plan Fails to Include Vapes as an NRT
New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verrall, has been commended for engaging with a number of health entities to gather opinions about the...
