Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
WHO Report Ignores The Link Between The Increase in Vaping and Decrease in Smoking
The WHO commends countries which have endorsed their framework and ideology, despite failing to obtain their smoke-free objectives as a result (such as India),...
CVA: E-Cig Laws Must Protect Youth Whilst Fulfilling THR Objectives
In line with data from other Canadian provinces indicating that certain restrictions just led to increased smoking rates, the Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) is...
UK Vape Association to Advise Government Delegation Ahead of WHO COP9
Sadly, amongst tobacco harm reduction experts, the WHO has become renowned for becoming aggressively anti-vaping, despite all the scientific data available in favour of...
NZ Health Center Offers Free Four-Week Smoking Cessation Programme
The name of the programme, He Manu Kokiri, refers to a legend about a flock of birds which helped each other in getting to...
PMI Faces The Possibility of Having IQOS Imports Blocked
In May 2020, BAT submitted a lawsuit against its main competitor, PMI, in the United States and Germany, alleging that the tobacco heating technology...
US Vape Stores: The Media Hurt the Vaping Industry More Than COVID-19
This year’s US Vape Store Survey from ECigIntelligence, a leading provider of global market and regulatory news, for the vape sector worldwide, has clearly...
CAPHRA Calls Out Bloomberg On Their Grant-For-Policy Strategy
Last October, two members of the House of Representatives were forced to suspend public consultations on vaping and heated tobacco products, after the Philippines...
New Report: India’s Anti‑Smoking Laws Are Ineffective
An earlier report published in 2015, had already pointed out that the regulations in place were not delivering the desired results.“Glaring gaps” in India’s...
