Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Health Canada Announces Harsh Restrictions on Nicotine Pouches
Key measures include a sensible ban on youth-targeted advertising, as well as one which will divide opinions: requiring NPs to be sold only by...
Philip Morris Launches Tobacco-Free Heat-Not-Burn Sticks
THR experts believe that the larger the variety of nicotine products available, the higher the chances for smokers to find a product which suits...
Brazil May be Lifting The Current Ban on Vaping Products
This week Brazil's Senate Economic Committee was set to vote on a bill that would finally legalize vaping products across the country, revealed Tobacco...
The Latest Studies Linking Vaping to Potential Health Problems. Should Vapers be Worried?
According to a study published last May, in the journal JAMA Network Open, asthmatic adults who reported vaping in the past month were over...
Are Disposable Vapes the New Scapegoat of the Vape Industry?
Disposable vaping products have sparked incessant debates, with arguments both for and against their widespread use. The strongest argument in favour is of course...
The Successful Strategy Making Sweden Smokefree Still Ignored by Some
In March, Swedish Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court Inga-Lill Askersjö submitted a report titled "A Safe Upbringing Without Nicotine, Alcohol, and Nitrous Oxide"...
The Tragic Regress of Australia’s Tobacco Control Strategy
Australia was once considered a world leader in tobacco control, successfully decreasing the local smoking rate from 28% in 1989–90, to 11% in 2020–21....
Correcting the Public’s Perceptions of Nicotine Would Benefit Public Health Greatly
The study titled "Modeling the population health impact of accurate and inaccurate perceptions of harm from nicotine" explores how misconceptions about nicotine affect public...
