Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Fontem Ventures to Restrict Online Sales of Blu
In response to a warning by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to prove that teen vaping can be prevented, Fontem Ventures, a unit of tobacco...
FDA Announces Ban on Flavored E-Liquids at Convenience Stores
In recent months, the FDA has launched several efforts in an attempt to fight teen vaping. Last September, the agency released a campaign which...
FDA Releases Results from 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey
Last September, the FDA launched a campaign against teen vaping. The message put across is one saying that while e-cigarettes deliver addictive nicotine, the...
Juul: Restrictions on Flavoured Products do not Apply to Canada
Last Tuesday, Juul Labs Inc. announced its plans to stop selling most of its flavored nicotine liquids at bricks-and-mortar stores. The e-cig manufacturer said...
FDA Commissioner Calls Menthol Tobacco a ‘Significant Problem’
“Menthol is a significant problem,” said Gottlieb said at an event last Tuesday. “I don’t think the tobacco industry should be marketing products, if...
The NNA Calls for New Approach Towards Safer Alternatives
Speaking at the E-Cigarette Summit at the Royal Society, today on 15th November, NNA Chair Sarah Jakes, will call for a new approach towards...
Tobacco Shares Plummet Following FDA Flavours’ Crackdown
Last week, shares in BAT, the sixth-biggest company in the FTSE 100 and maker of Lucky Strike, Dunhill, Rothmans and Benson & Hedges, fell...
Research Looking at the Effect of E-Cig Vapour on Indoor Air
The authors of this study looked at the level of two types of particulate matter (PM) air pollution; lower measurement aerodynamic diameter (≤2.5 μm), PM2.5...
