Diane Caruana
In-house journalist covering international vaping news.
Russian smokers are growing their own tobacco
Following a two year recession, Russia’s economy reportedly started growing again in 2017. However Russians’ disposable income has dropped again for the fourth time...
A journal editor is being accused of fast-tracking an e-cig emissions study
In May 2015, renowned anti-smoking expert Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos and colleagues published an article in Addiction which reported that e-cigarette emissions only contain alarming...
US Senator urges FDA to regulate e-cigarettes immediately
The Senator who is a member of the Democratic Party, claimed that he is concerned about the increased popularity of e-cigarettes amongst adolescents, and...
Canada: Proposed bill would impose e-cig marketing restrictions
A bill that is being proposed by Ontario’s Health Ministry would regulate vaping in the same way as smoking, hence placing restrictions on where...
NZ health expert: Endorsing e-cigs is key in fighting smoking
Following a 0.6% decrease in smoking rates over the past year, Massey University associate professor of public health Marewa Glover, pointed out that smokeless...
Australian MP wants to ban vaping in no-smoking areas
An article on The Northern Star, pointed out that the legislation, the Smoke-free Environment Amendment (E-cigarettes) Bill 2017, was introduced following a call for...
Farsalinos writes to the FDA about the AHA’s inaccurate HnB study
Research conducted by the AHA exposed mice to aerosol emitted by PMI’s Heat-not-Burn (HnB) device iQOS, and claimed that this aerosol had the same...
New York: Vaping is now officially banned in indoor spaces
Last June, lawmakers in Albany voted to add vaping products to the state Clean Indoor Air Act, hence banning the devices from places where...
