Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
EU Elections: Parties Agree on E-Cig Regulations not Bans
Vaping will be among the subjects discussed at next week’s European Parliament with the debate including the planned revision of the Tobacco Products Directive...
PMI Suspends Online iQOS Campaign as Young ‘Influencers’ are Exposed
PMI’s "marketing standards" prohibit it from promoting tobacco products with youth-oriented celebrities or "models who are or appear to be under the age of...
Arizona Senate Passes Bill That Classifies E-Cigs as Tobacco
HB 2357 was sponsored by Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, and classifies vaping products in the same category as tobacco. This means that the...
ProVape – the One Stop Shop for Vapers
“We will be providing customers a one-stop shop for all their vaping needs. We are not just going to be a vaping store but...
Beverly Hills Considers Banning the Sales of Tobacco and Vaping Products
A draft ordinance going before the Beverly Hills City Council this week would ban the sales of tobacco and vaping products, only exempting three...
Arizona Divided Over a Tobacco 21 Bill
SB 1147 which is backed by the parent company of Philip Morris USA, would raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco and vaping products...
New Non-Tobacco-Containing Nicotine Product Launched in NZ
The oral product called White Fox contains no tobacco and will be marketed as a smoking cessation product. “If New Zealand is serious about...
Juul Faces Challenges in the EU Due to Nicotine Restrictions
The roll-out across EU countries of Juul, has been hampered by limits of 20 milligrams of nicotine per millimetre of liquid, compared to 59...
Reynolds Says That Juul is to Blame for Teen Vaping
In recent months, the FDA has launched several efforts in an attempt to fight teen vaping. Last September, the agency released a campaign which...
US FDA Approves Heat-Not-Burn Devices
“Following a rigorous science-based review through the pre-market tobacco product application (PMTA) pathway, the agency determined that authorizing these products for the US market...
