Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
The relationship between smoking, vaping and myocardial infarction
A US study titled Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction, published on AJPM, surveyed 69,046 people in 2014 and 2016 to assess...
Medical Professionals Reluctant to Recommend E-Cigs to Cancer Patients
Numerous studies keep indicating that despite not completely risk free, e-cigarettes are significantly safer than regular cigarettes. Earlier this year Public Health England (PHE),...
FDA Asks E-Cig Manufacturers to Self-Regulate
Leading e-cigarette companies have been having meetings with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in relation to teen vaping. Following one such meeting between...
Health Canada Orders Tobacco Shop to Remove IQOS Signs
The iQOS device, is a Heat not Burn (HnB) smokeless alternative to combustible cigarettes and works by heating tobacco leaves known as Heets or...
FDA to Unveil Plan Intended to Decrease Teen Vaping
Following countless alarming media reports and mounting public pressure, the FDA has been infamously cracking down on teen vaping. Last September, the agency issued...
E-cigarettes Save Lives, One Man’s Proof
“My motivation is to fight against misinformation, because when I hear that e-cigarettes are as dangerous as tobacco, I can see that it's not...
Canada Considers Placing Cancer Warnings On Individual Cigarettes
As plain packaging regulations spread across the globe, the federal government of Canada goes a step further and launches a consultation process with the...
Singapore Plans to Introduce Plain Cigarettes’ Packaging
Last Wednesday, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that it will be introducing standardised packaging for tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, beedies (thin...
