Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
EU TPD Review Under Fire: Consumer Groups Demand Evidence-Based Tobacco Policy
With the European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) soon to be revised, the tobacco policy debate in Europe is reaching a boiling point, revealing...
A Destructive Global Tobacco Policy Shift? Prohibition Reigns Supreme as Evidence Keeps Being Ignored
The worldwide tobacco control landscape is increasingly characterized by a dichotomy — on one side, evidence-based harm reduction, and on the other, prohibitionist policymaking....
Cancer Risk and Nicotine: Separating Science from Sensationalism in the Vaping Debate
The cancer risk from smoking is extremely significant. When tobacco is burned, it generates thousands of chemicals, including dozens of well-known carcinogens. Eliminate combustion,...
The EU’s Proposed Restricitive Nicotine Policies Seem all the More Ridiculous in the Face...
There is a widening policy rift across Europe. On one side, there is a large and growing body of scientific evidence in support of...
Sweden Just Did It – It is Now Officially The First Country Worldwide to...
In modern public health history, no other European country has achieved what Sweden has: it is now essentially smoke-free. According to the latest data...
Nicotine Pouch Taxes and Regulations Surge Worldwide—But At What Cost?
A fresh wave of nicotine taxation is sweeping the United States, and it's changing the game for smoke-free alternatives. And what started as a...
New Evidence Challenges “Mixed Research” Narrative on Vaping for Smoking Cessation
Debate over vaping has been dominated, for more than a decade, by arguments that the available evidence is “uncertain” or “mixed.” That story is...
The UK’s Vape Ban Debate Intensifies: Experts List the Multiple Ways in Which it...
The debate on vaping policy in the United Kingdom is at a critical juncture. A motion to expand indoor smoking restrictions — also called...
