Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
China: Most E-Cigarette Users Are Former Smokers
Vaping rates remain low but have increased substantially between 2015 and 2019.Data released by the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee earlier this year, suggested that...
The CVA Urges Public to Differentiate Between the Vape and Tobacco Industries
Alarmist media reports, entities with political agendas, and sometimes sadly even well intentioned but misinformed health authorities, have been inaccurately linking the vaping industry...
California Tobacco Group Seeks Referendum to Overturn Flavour Ban
It has been reported that the group has managed to collect and submit over 1 million petition signatures.SB 793 by Senator Jerry Hill, bans...
Despite Evidence to The Contrary Australian Study Reiterates Flawed “Gateway Theory”
In line with previous studies looking into the relationship between vaping and smoking, an earlier review also conducted by Australian researchers had debunked the...
Another French Study Looks Into The Use of Nicotine Against COVID-19
"..active smoking does not apparently seem to be significantly associated with enhanced risk of progressing towards severe disease in COVID-19."An earlier study conducted in...
Middle East: Smoking Rates Remain High Where Vaping is Shunned
Figures recently released by the Jordanian government in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) have indicated that the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan,...
US: DC Court Upholds FDA Decision to Regulate E-Cigs as Tobacco Products
Represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative legal group, Michigan-based e-liquid manufacturer Moose Jooce, argued that the FDA's then-associate commissioner for policy Leslie...
Philip Morris CEO Reiterates That Cigarette Sales Could End Within 15 Years
At the end of 2019, it was calculated that there were a total of 13.6m IQOS users, of whom 9.7m were former smokers who...
