Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Differences in Nicotine Intake From Smoking Vs Vaping in Dual Users
The study recruited 36 healthy participants who used both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The amount of nicotine in the participants’ plasma was measured, alongside their level...
US: Maine Anti-Vaping Campaign Urges Teens to Quit Via Social Media
The “Text to quit vaping” campaign aims to reach teens in Maine via TV, Hulu, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and the website VapeFreeMaine.com.Governor Mills...
US Court of Appeals Upholds FDA Authority to Regulate E-Cigs
On August 19th 2019, Big Time Vapes Inc. and the United States Vaping Association Inc. filed a lawsuit against the FDA in a Federal...
The Relationship Between Juul Dependence and Perceived Addiction
The study titled, “Addiction vs. Dependence: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Young Adult JUUL Users,” gathered data from 595 college students via a cross-sectional...
US: Florida Files Complaints Against Vaping Companies
The complaints against Lizard Juice LLC and Creative Vape Labs Inc, state that these businesses are marketing their products to minors and failing to...
An EU Study Analyzes E-Cig Harm Perceptions Pre and Post TPD
The study titled, “European adult smokes’ perceptions of the harmfulness of e-cigarettes relative to combustible cigarettes: cohort findings from the 2016 and 2018 EUREST-PLUS...
India’s E-Cig Ban Did Not Halt Vaping, It Just Drove Out Reliable Vape Brands
Last Summer, the Union Health Ministry had prepared the Prohibition of E-cigarettes Ordinance 2019 for review, and a bill replacing this ordinance was passed...
South Africa’s Updated Tobacco/Nicotine Lockdown Restrictions
The bans on tobacco products and alcohol sales announced in March, sadly included safer alternatives such as e-cigarettes and snus. Naturally, this had angered...
