Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Experts Urge Asian Authorities to Endorse Tobacco Harm Reduction
The director of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPRA), Nancy Loucas, who is also Co-Director of Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy...
South Africa’s COVID-19 Tobacco Ban Has Backfired As Predicted
The bans on tobacco products and alcohol sales announced in March, sadly included safer alternatives such as e-cigarettes and snus. Naturally this had many...
Study Comparing The Effect of Smoking Vs Vaping Via Urine Sampling
The study titled, “Urinary biomonitoring of subjects with different smoking habits. Part I: Profiling mercapturic acids.”, analysed urine samples of sixty-seven healthy adults with...
UK Vape Firm Finally Wins Lawsuit With Clothing Giant Hugo Boss
Flavour Boss, a small family-run manufacturer of e-liquid concentrates for electronic cigarettes under the product name ‘Boss Shot’, have been tied in a ridiculous...
The Link Between Smoking, Vaping and Psychological Well-Being in the US
The researchers procured data from the 2014-2017 National Health Interview Survey, an annual, cross-sectional survey of nationally representative samples of US adults. The total...
NZ: Finalized Vape Bill Counterproductive to Achieving Smokefree 2025
“A huge opportunity has been missed to make risk-reduced vaping products more accessible to smokers in order to reach the SmokeFree 2025 goal set...
How Effective Is Nicotine Gum In Preventing Smoking Relapses?
Using nicotine gum decreased the odds of lapsing by 55% compared with using placebo.Titled, “Effectiveness of nicotine gum in preventing lapses in the face...
NZ Vape Groups: Now’s The Perfect Time to Reignite Quit Smoking...
The promising Vape to Quit campaign was announced last year by Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa and meant to go live on the 13th...
