Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
UK: Call to License E-Cigarettes As Medical Products
Last August, the UK Science and Technology Committee (STC), released a report containing several evidence-based policy proposals for e-cigarettes. These proposals are aimed at...
Perspectives on E-Cigarettes of Staff at UK Stop Smoking Services
The study which was published on BMC’s Harm Reduction Journal last month, investigated perspectives on the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, by staff...
US Study Looking at the Links Between Socioeconomic Disparities and E-Cig...
The study titled Socioeconomic Disparities in Electronic Cigarette Use and Transitions from Smoking, was published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research last June....
A Year After Announcing Tobacco Plan, No New NRT’s Yet Approved...
A bit over a year ago, public health activists and vapers alike had breathed a sigh of relief, as the U.S. Food and Drug...
The UAE Considering Lifting the Ban on E-Cigarettes
Up until now, the UAE had maintained a very harsh forbidding stance towards e-cigarettes, and despite all the research indicating that the devices are...
Ex-Smokers Who Quit Vaping Are Likely to Relapse Back to Smoking
The study was conducted by the Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and published in the...
Juul Labs Announces Its Launch in Canada
Last May, Canada’s Bill S-5 legalized the sales of vaping products, and amended both the Non-smokers’ Health Act of 1988 and the Tobacco Act...
PMI Says that iQOS can Reduce Prevalence of Lung Carcinomas
PMI conducted an 18-month inhalation study in A/J mice, by comparing the effect of cigarette smoke, to the effect of vapour from iQOS on...
