Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Banned But Booming: Brazil’s Vape Surge Demands a Smarter Policy Response
Despite its longstanding prohibition on e-cigarettes, Brazil is seeing a dramatic rise in vaping—evidence that demand for safer alternatives to smoking persists regardless of...
Recent Vape Studies and the Claims of Alarming Metal Levels in Vapes: An Expert...
As the global conversation around tobacco harm reduction continues to intensify, recent data and emerging research highlight a growing divide: the urgent need to...
Banning What Works: Smokers Across Europe Are Being Left Behind
The debate over how to regulate nicotine is reaching a fever pitch across Europe, with a growing disconnect between public health intentions and the...
Tax, Ban, or Reform? Australia’s Tobacco Policy at a Tipping Point
Australia’s tobacco control policies have long been hailed as among the world’s hashest. Through plain packaging, high excise taxes, public education campaigns, and strict...
Public Health or Profit? The EU Faces Backlash As it Ignores Science And Proposes...
A recently leaked internal document from the European Commission has raised alarm within the tobacco harm reduction (THR) community. The draft proposal outlines steep...
Smoke, Vape, or Stigma? WA Treats All the Same in New Workplace Rules
In a move that aligns vaping with traditional smoking, last April, Western Australia updated its workplace health and safety laws to officially ban vaping...
Quit or Die Is Failing, Yet Hong Kong Plans Sweeping Vape Ban
As Hong Kong prepares to tighten its tobacco control laws through sweeping restrictions on both combustible and alternative nicotine products, new data and global...
Europe’s Tobacco Crossroads: Will France Lead or Lag Behind?
France, like many of its European neighbors, has publicly declared its aspiration to achieve a smoke-free future. Yet its current approach to tobacco control...
